Reconstruction:Latin/vocitum
Latin
editEtymology
editOriginally a past participle of *vocāre (“empty”, verb), from vacuus (“empty”, adj).
Adjective
edit*vocitum (Proto-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editFor the /o/, cf. vocīvus < vacīvus.
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Old French: vuit, voit, wit, wide, vuide
- Occitano-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*vŏcĭtus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 595