Where does “vae” come from?

vae (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

vae (Latin): woe, alas

Definitions

  1. woe, alas

Ancestry of “vae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicwaiwoe, alas
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “vae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Italic wai →