Where does “vuit” come from?

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

vuit (Old French): empty

Definitions

  1. empty

Ancestry of “vuit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*vocitum—
2Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
3Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
4Proto-Italic*-wos—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “vuit”

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