Etymograph

English

vomit

Vomit comes from Latin vomitāre ‘vomit repeatedly’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wemh₁-‘to spew, vomit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wémh₁tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wemōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomō‘be sick, vomit’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomitāre‘vomit repeatedly’frequentative form of vomō
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vomiten
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604vomit

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wemh₁-‘to spew, vomit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wémh₁tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wemōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomō‘be sick, vomit’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomitāre‘vomit repeatedly’frequentative form of vomō
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vomiten
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604vomit

Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice: “He gives your Hollander a vomit.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wémh₁ti

emetic, 7 more

Today it means

verb To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- / vomit

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