Etymology

vacance

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Middle French vacance ← Medieval Latin vacantia
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromvacantia
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromvacance
  3. English todayvacance

From Middle French vacance, from Medieval Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacancy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.