Etymology of the Latin word vastare
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 Latin
devastare,
vastator,
pervastare,
vastatioDerivations in other languages
Anglo-French
waster, French
waster, Italian
guastare, Portuguese
gastar, Portuguese
vastar, Spanish
gastar
