Where does “vomit” come from?

vomit (Latin) comes from Latin vomo, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

vomit (Latin): third-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present active indicative...

Ancestry of “vomit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvomoI am sick; I vomit, puke, throw up; discharge; I...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →Every word from Latin vomo →