void

void · adjective, noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromvacuus
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*vocitum
3. Old French · derived fromvuit
4. Middle English · inherited fromvoide
5. English todayvoid

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

void · noun²

Alteration of voidee.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 15th c. A voidee.