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

  1. feminine singular of vuoto; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “vuota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvuotareto empty; to drain
2Italianvuotoempty, vacant; gap; vacancy
3Vulgar Latin*vocitum—
4Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
5Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
6Proto-Italic*-wos—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -uus →Every word from Latin vacuus →