Where does “wast” come from?
wast (Middle English) comes from Latin vāstitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
wast (Middle English): Second-person singular past indicative form of...
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- Second-person singular past indicative form of...
Ancestry of “wast”, step by step
wast traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin vāstitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vāstitās | waste (empty place), desert |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Anglo-Norman wast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | wast | — |
| 2 | Frankish | *wōstī | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wōstaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂-s-to-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |
via Middle English was
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | was | First and third-person singular past indicative... |
| 2 | Old English | wæs | first/third-person singular preterite of bēon;... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | was | first/third-person singular past active... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wes- | to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night |