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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
VACATION.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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VACATION, leisure,
cessation from labour. (F.,—L.) In Palsgrave, spelt vacacion;
and prob. in use much earlier.—F. vacation, 'a vacation, vacancy,
leisure;' Cot.—Lat. uacationem, acc. of uacatio, leisure.—Lat.
uacatus, pp. of uacare, to be empty, to be free from, to be
unoccupied. Root unknown. Der. vacant, in early
use, in Rob. of Brunne, tr. of Langtoft, p. 110, l. 15, from F. vacant,
'vacant,' Cot., from the stem of the pres. part. of Lat. uacare; hence vacanc-y,
Hamlet, iii. 4. 117; vacate, vb., a late word, from uacatus, pp.
of uacare. And see vac-uum.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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