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vomit

/ˈvɒmət/VO-muht
/ˈvɑmət/VAH-muht

Meaningto throw up

Common meaning: to throw up

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAM‘spit out, to vomit’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 348, p. 742 · scan
  2. Latinvomō, -ere‘to throw up’
  3. Middle Englishvomitesource
  4. Englishvomit‘to throw up’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vomō ‘to throw up’.

Roots

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