vastus

Latin

adj
Definitions
  • (literally) Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.
  • Desolate, deserted, made lonely.
  • Wasted by destruction, lay laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed.
  • of size Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous.

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (empty, be lacking, be empty, abandon, leave, wasted, lack, deserted).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁weh₂-

Gloss

empty, be lacking, be empty, abandon, leave, wasted, lack, deserted

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