Where does “vacate” come from?

vacate (Italian) comes from Italian vacare, from Latin vacō, from Proto-Italic wakos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

vacate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “vacate”, step by step

vacate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vacare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianvacareTo be vacant
2Latinvacōto be empty, void
3Proto-Italicwakosempty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

via Italian vacato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvacatopast participle of vacare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic wakos →Every word from Latin vacō →