vomit

B2 Topic:The Human Body

US /ˈvɑmɪt/ UK /ˈvɒmɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #7344

Meanings

1

verb
To throw up the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

He felt so sick that he vomited.
2

noun
The food and liquid that comes up when someone is sick.

There was vomit on the floor of the bus.

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1 verb · to throw up the contents of... cast

More baitbarfbokebootchunderhonk hurlpukepurgingralphsick spew

Word family

Forms vomitedvomitingvomits

Derived forms vomvomitablevomitousvomitoxin

Related forms emesisemetic heave hurlnauseatedregurgitate retch

Etymology

From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

*wemh₁- Proto-Indo-European vomiten Middle English vomitō Latin

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# vomit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɑmɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvɒmɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 7344

## Meanings
1. To throw up the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
2. The food and liquid that comes up when someone is sick.

## Examples
- He felt so sick that he vomited.
- There was vomit on the floor of the bus.

## Synonyms
- bait
- barf
- boke
- boot
- chunder
- honk
- hurl
- puke
- purging
- ralph
- sick
- spew

## Derived Forms
- vom
- vomitable
- vomitous
- vomitoxin

## Related Forms
- emesis
- emetic
- heave
- hurl
- nauseated
- regurgitate
- retch

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *wemh₁-
- Root: vomiten
- Root: vomitō

## Etymology
From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

## AI Etymology
Vomit is from Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁-, Middle English vomiten, and Latin vomitō. In present-day use, it can mean to throw up the contents of the stomach through the mouth, or the food and liquid that comes up when someone is sick.

## Topics
- The Human Body

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