Where does “vidanj” come from?

vidanj (Romanian) comes from French vidange, from French vider, from Middle French vuider, from Old French vuidier, from Vulgar Latin vocitare, from Vulgar Latin vocitus, from Latin vacitus, from Latin vacere — second-person singular present passive...

vidanj (Romanian): emptying of a cesspool

Definitions

emptying of a cesspool

Ancestry of “vidanj”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	vidange	an act of emptying
2	French	vider	to empty, to empty out; to gut
3	Middle French	vuider	to empty
4	Old French	vuidier	to empty
5	Vulgar Latin	vocitare	present active infinitive of vocitō;...
6	Vulgar Latin	vocitus	—
7	Latin	vacitus	—
8	Latin	vacere	second-person singular present passive...

Every word from Latin vacere →Every word from Latin vacitus →Every word from Vulgar Latin vocitus →