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单词 Indo-European root: euə-
释义
‌‌euə-
To leave, abandon, give out, whence nominal derivatives meaning abandoned, lacking, empty. Oldest form *h1euh2, zero-grade *h1uh2, with variant form *h1weh2, colored to *h1wah2, becoming *wā‑.
  1. Suffixed form *wə-no‑.
    1. wane; wanton, from Old English wanian, to lessen (from Germanic *wanēn), and wan‑, without;
    2. want, from Old Norse vanta, to lack, from North Germanic *wanatōn.
  2. Suffixed form *wā-no‑. vain, vanity, vaunt; evanesce, vanish, from Latin vānus, empty.
  3. Extended form *wak‑. vacant, vacate, vacation, vacuity, vacuum, void; avoid, devoid, evacuate, from Latin vacāre (variant vocāre), to be empty.
  4. Extended and suffixed form *wās-to‑. waste; devastate, from Latin vāstus, empty, waste.
[Pokorny 1. eu‑ 345.]
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