Where does “vacant” come from?
vacant (Latin) comes from Latin vaco, from Proto-Italic wakos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.
vacant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...
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- third-person plural present active indicative of...
Ancestry of “vacant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vaco | I am empty, void; I am unoccupied, vacant; I am... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | wakos | empty |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |