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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *h₁u(e)h₂-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwaːs.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvas.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''vāstō''' (present infinitive vāstāre, perfect active vāstāvī, supine vāstātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|vāstus|-ō|t1=empty, desolate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The adjective is [[inh|itc-pro|*wāsto-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₁u(e)h₂-sto-]], cognate with [[sga|fás|t=empty]] and [[goh|wuosti|t=empty, waste]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan notes that the long vowel is not certain, and that a link with [[hit|wašta-i|t=to sin]] proposed by Puhvel is not compelling.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius,^(de Vaan 2008) who says the Romans burn, plunder and lay waste a whole island.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to make a place empty, leave it without people, and above all to plunder and destroy, to lay waste a country.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short note that the sense “to empty” is rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ Influenced by Frankish *wostjan, it became Old French ''gaster'' and Old North French ''waster'', whence [[en|waste]] about 1200.^(Etymonline) It also gave [[it|guastare]], [[fr|gâter]] and [[es|gastar]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of laying waste an island.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of the forum left empty and deserted.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1200 – English ''waste'' “devastate” is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To make empty, leave without inhabitants.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To lay waste, [[m|en|devastate]], [[m|en|ravage]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[vāstus]]
+ * [[en|waste]]
+ * [[en|devastate]]
+ * [[en|vast]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}