Latin

vāstus

‘Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert’

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

5 English words in this record descend from Latin vāstus, most familiar first.

• vast ← vaste
• devastate ← dēvastātus ← dēvastō ← vāstō
• vastus
• devastavit ← dēvastāre ← dēvastō ← vastō
• vastity ← vastité ← vastitas

Etymograph / Latin vāstus