Where does “vaga” come from?

vaga (Maltese) comes from Italian vacare, from Latin vacō, from Proto-Italic wakos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

vaga (Maltese): to become vacant

Definitions

  1. to become vacant

Ancestry of “vaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianvacareTo be vacant
2Latinvacōto be empty, void
3Proto-Italicwakosempty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic wakos →Every word from Latin vacō →