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Where does “vomiten” come from?

vomiten (Middle English) comes from Latin vomitāre, from Latin vomō, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

Ancestry of “vomiten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvomitāre—
2Latinvomō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

Words derived from “vomiten”

  • vomit
  • vomitous
  • vomiteth
  • vomiter
  • vomity
  • vomitously
  • vomitest
  • vomitable
  • vomitlike
  • vomitless
  • bevomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →