noun · femininefirst declension
vacantia1
vacantia f (genitive vacantiae)
Classical[waˈkan.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[vaˈkan.t͡si.a]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinfemininefree time; leisure
- Medieval Latinfemininea vacancy
- Medieval Latinfemininethe annual income of a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vacantia | vacantiae |
| genitive | vacantiae | vacantiārum vacantium |
| dative | vacantiae | vacantiīs vacantibus |
| accusative | vacantiam | vacantiās |
| ablative | vacantiā | vacantiīs vacantibus |
| vocative | vacantia | vacantiae |
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁uh₂-kos Proto-Italic *wakos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vacō Latin vacāns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin vacantia From vacāns + -ia. Not attested until the Medieval period.
Old French
- Frenchvacance
- GermanVakanzfrom French vacance
- Italianvacanzafrom French vacance
- Romanianvacanțăfrom French vacance
- Antillean Creolevakansfrom French vacance
- Haitian Creolevakansfrom French vacance
- Mauritian Creolevakansfrom French vacance
- Alemannic GermanVakanzfrom French vacance
- Ladinovakansasfrom French vacance
- Japaneseバカンスfrom French vacance
Elsewhere
- Portuguesevacância
- Sardinianvacàntzia
- Spanishvacancia
- Piedmontesevacansa
- Venetanvacansa
- Afrikaansvakansiefrom Dutch vakantie
- Aukanfakansifrom Dutch vakantie
- Indonesianvakansifrom Dutch vakantie
- Saramaccanfakansifrom Dutch vakantie
- Caribbean Javanesefakansifrom Dutch vakantie
Old Occitan
- Catalanvacança
In English words that came into English from vacantia
- vacancyvacantia