Where does “vuota” come from?
vuota (Italian) comes from Italian vuotare, from Italian vuoto, from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
vuota (Italian): feminine singular of vuoto; third-person singular...
Definitions
- feminine singular of vuoto; third-person singular...
Ancestry of “vuota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | vuotare | to empty; to drain |
| 2 | Italian | vuoto | empty, vacant; gap; vacancy |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *vocitum | — |
| 4 | Latin | vacuus | empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,... |
| 5 | Latin | -uus | forms adjectives on verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-wos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |