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...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “vacant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvacoI am empty, void; I am unoccupied, vacant; I am...
2Proto-Italicwakosempty
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic wakos →Every word from Latin vaco →