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English word vanity comes from Proto-Indo-European *wan-, Italian vano, Proto-Italic *wānos
*wan- (Proto-Indo-European)
vano (Italian)
Quaint. Vain, useless, idle Room. Space, opening, compartment, bay.
*wānos (Proto-Italic)
vanus (Latin)
(figuratively) groundless, baseless, meaningless. Deceptive, untrustworthy. Ostentatious, boastful. Unsubstantial. Vain, empty, vacant, void.
vanitas (Latin)
Emptiness, nothingness. Falsity, falsehood, deception, untruth, untrustworthiness, fickleness. Vanity, vainglory.
vanité (Old French)
vanite (Middle English)
vanity (English)
(obsolete) Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.. A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors on top. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.. A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.. Emptiness.. [...]