| 1 | Italian | vanitoso | vain, conceited; A vain or conceited person |
| 2 | French | vaniteux | conceited, frivolous, vain; a conceited person,... |
| 3 | French | vanité | futility, pointlessness; vanity; vanitas |
| 4 | Middle French | vanité | vanity |
| 5 | Old French | vanité | — |
| 6 | Latin | vānitas | — |
| 7 | Latin | vānus | — |
| 8 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 9 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 10 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 16 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |