van
Moldavian
/van/
adj
Definitions
- vain
- futile
- idle
- fruitless
- vainglorious
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vānus (empty, boastful, vain) borrowed from Italian vano (vain).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
vano
Gloss
vain
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *exvānĕre Latin
- vanesco Latin
- vaniloquium Latin
- vaniloquus Latin
- vanitas Latin
- vānitāre Latin
- vānus Latin
- invano Italian
- vanamente Italian
- vaneggiare Italian
- vanezza Italian
- vanificare Italian
- vaniloquio Italian
- vano Italian
- vano Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁weh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- devanear Portuguese
- vain Old French
- vanter Old French
- vana Esperanto
- va Catalan, Valencian
- vão Old Portuguese
- vãnãt Aromanian