Etymology

vastity

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Today it means: Emptiness or desolation. Full definition →

Middle French vastité ← Latin vastitas
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  1. Latin · derived fromvastitas
  2. Middle French · derived fromvastité
  3. English todayvastity

From vast + -ity, from Middle French vastité or its source, Latin vastitas. Compare Middle English wastite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.