vomit
English
/ˈvɒmɪt/, /ˈvɑmɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
- (transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
- To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vomiten derived from Latin vomitāre derived from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (vomit, spew), *wemh₁- (vomit, spew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wemh₁-
Gloss
vomit, spew
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bevomit English
- comet English
- revomit English
- skin English
- vomit comet English
- vomitable English
- vomiter English
- vomitest English
- vomiteth English
- vomitless English
- vomitlike English
- vomitous English
- vomitously English
- vomitskin English
- vomity English
- wem English
- wemless English
- *vomicāre Latin
- vomitāre Latin
- vomo Latin
- vomieren German
- vomitare Italian
- vomir French
- vomissement French
- vomitar Spanish, Castilian
- ἐμέω Ancient Greek
- *wem- Proto-Indo-European
- *wemh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wémh₁-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- vomitar Portuguese
- *wammaz Proto-Germanic
- awemman Old English
- forwemman Old English
- gewemman Old English
- wemman Old English
- wemmend Old English
- wemming Old English
- वमति Sanskrit
- vomiten Middle English
- wem Middle English
- váma Old Norse
- vammel Danish
- vomir Old French
- vomi Esperanto
- vomitar Catalan, Valencian
- vomitar Galician
- vomita Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vomitar Asturian
- gomitâ Friulian
- 𐭥𐭩𐭬𐭠𐭫 Middle Persian
- *wamā Proto-Albanian
- gomitur Dalmatian
- vomi Mauritian Creole
- vomi Seychellois Creole
- bómik Kalasha