Where does “voyde” come from?

voyde (Middle English) comes from Old French vuit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “voyde”, step by step

voyde traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French vuit

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	vuit	empty
2	Vulgar Latin	*vocitum	—
3	Latin	vacuus	empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
4	Latin	-uus	forms adjectives on verbal stems
5	Proto-Italic	*-wos	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-wós	Creates adjectives from verb stems

via Old French vuide

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	vuide	oblique/nominative feminine singular of vuit

via Old French voide

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	voide	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -uus →Every word from Latin vacuus →