Etymology of the French word waster
the North French word
wasterderived from the Latin word
vastare (lay waste, ravage, devastate)
derived from the Latin word
vastus (huge, vast; monstrous)
derived from the Late Latin word
vanus (empty, vain; false)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*euə-Derivations in other languages
English
wasteUsage
Word found in North French
