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Origin of void
First recorded in 1250–1300; (adjective) Middle English voide, from Anglo-French, Old French voide, voit, vuide, vuit (French vide ), from unattested Vulgar Latin vocīta, vocita feminine of vocītus, vocitus unattested and dissimilated variant of Latin vacīvus, vocīvus, “empty”; see vacuum; (verb) Middle English voiden, from Anglo-French voider, Old French, from unattested Vulgar Latin vocitāre, derivative of unattested vocītus, vocitus; (noun) derivative of the adjective
synonym study for void
3, 4. See empty.
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British Dictionary definitions for void
void
/ (vɔɪd) /
adjective
noun
verb (mainly tr)
Derived forms of void
voider, nounvoidness, nounWord Origin for void
C13: from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty
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Other Idioms and Phrases with void
void
see null and void.
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