Where does “devastavit” come from?

devastavit (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin devastare, from Latin vastāre, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂st- — empty, wasted; empty; wasted.

devastavit (Medieval Latin): he has wasted; third-person singular perfect...

Definitions

  1. he has wasted; third-person singular perfect...

Ancestry of “devastavit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindevastarepresent active infinitive of dēvāstō;...
2Latinvastāre—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂st-empty, wasted; empty; wasted

Words derived from “devastavit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂st- →Every word from Latin vastāre →Every word from Latin devastare →
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