Where does “vakans” come from?
vakans (Seychellois Creole) comes from French vacance, from French -ance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
vakans (Seychellois Creole): holiday
Definitions
- holiday
Ancestry of “vakans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vacance | vacancy, free position; holidays; vacation |
| 2 | French | -ance | ance; forms abstract nouns |
| 3 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |