Etymology

vast

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Today it means: Very large or wide (literally or figuratively). Full definition →

Middle French vaste ← Latin vastus
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  1. Latin · derived fromvastus“void, immense”
  2. Middle French · derived fromvaste
  3. English todayvast

From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste.

Words from the same roots

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