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Where does “vastus” come from?

vastus (Latin) comes from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

vastus (Latin): Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,...

Definitions

  1. Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,...

Ancestry of “vastus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticwāstosempty
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

Words derived from “vastus”

  • vast
  • devastating
  • vastly
  • vastness
  • devastate
  • devastatingly
  • devastavit
  • vastitude
  • devastative
  • vastity
  • undevastating
  • gaga
  • ultravast
  • vasten
  • ga-ga
  • vastus
  • vastans
  • devasto
  • vasto
  • devastatus
  • vastabundus
  • devastare
  • devastaturus
  • devastandus
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