myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of devastatio

Etymology of the Latin word devastatio

the Late Latin word devastatio (devastation)

derived from the Latin word devastare (devastate, lay waste)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived 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-

Word found in Late Latin