Etymology

vomitus

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Today it means: Vomit (the product of an emesis). Full definition →

Latin vomitus ← Proto-Italic *wemō ← Proto-Indo-European *wémh₁ti
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wemh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wémh₁ti
  3. Proto-Italic*wemō
  4. Latinvomō
  5. Latinvomitus
  6. English todayvomitus

Borrowed from Latin vomitus.

Words from the same roots

Latinvomitus all →

vomito

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