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Where does “deguaster” come from?

deguaster (Old French) comes from Latin devastare, from Latin vastāre, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂st- — empty, wasted; empty; wasted.

Ancestry of “deguaster”, step by step

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

Words derived from “deguaster”

  • dégât
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂st- →