Latin

vānus

‘empty, vacant, void’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin vānus.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin vānus, most familiar first.

• vain ← veyn
• vanity ← vanite ← vanité ← vānitas
• vanish ← evanisshen ← esvanir ← *exvanire ← ēvānēscō
• evanescent ← ēvānēscēns ← ēvānēscō ← vānēscō
• vainglorious ← veinglorious ← vain glorios
• vanitas
• vaunt ← vaunten ← vaunter ← vanter ← vānitāre
• evanesce ← ēvānēscō ← vānēscō
• evanid ← ēvānidus ← ēvānēscō ← vānēscō
• evanish ← esvanir ← *exvānīre ← evanesco ← vānēscō
• vaniloquy ← vāniloquium ← loquor

Etymograph / Latin vānus