vomito

Forms

vomitō (present infinitive vomitāre, perfect active vomitāvī, supine vomitātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin vomō (“to vomit”) + -itō, a frequentative.^[2][3][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Columella uses it of livestock that vomit when seized by nausea.^[3][4][5]

Semantic evolution

Seneca set the drunken, vomiting crowd against the dry and sober man,^[3] and Suetonius tells of Vitellius' habit of vomiting (cōnsuētūdō vomitandī) so that he could keep feasting.^[3][4] Etymonline traces English vomit to vomitus, from this verb.^[6]

Timeline

• 1st century AD – Columella uses it of sick animals.^[3][5]
• 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of a drunken crowd.^[3][5]
• c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of Vitellius.^[3][5]

Meanings

Verb

1. To vomit often or repeatedly.^[2][4][1]

Related words

• vomitus
• English vomit

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e f g Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
4. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com