Where does “vuoto” come from?

vuoto (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

vuoto (Italian): empty, vacant; gap; vacancy

Definitions

  1. empty, vacant; gap; vacancy

Ancestry of “vuoto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*vocitum—
2Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
3Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
4Proto-Italic*-wos—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “vuoto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -uus →Every word from Latin vacuus →
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