Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “vaste” come from?

vaste (Middle French) comes from Latin vastus, from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

Ancestry of “vaste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvastusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,...
2Proto-Celticwāstosempty
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

Words derived from “vaste”

  • vast
  • vastly
  • vastness
  • vastitude
  • vastity
  • vasten
  • ultravast
  • disvastigi
  • vasta
  • malvasta
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