Where does “vacío” come from?

vacío (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish vazio, from Latin vacīvus, from Latin vacō, from Proto-Italic wakos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

vacío (Spanish): vacant; empty; empty space; gap

Definitions

  1. vacant; empty; empty space; gap

Ancestry of “vacío”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishvazioempty
2Latinvacīvusempty, void
3Latinvacōto be empty, void
4Proto-Italicwakosempty
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

Words derived from “vacío

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-