Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. · Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value). · Free; clear; devoid; often with of. · Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet. The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.
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This page abbreviates 8 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.",
"Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).",
"Free; clear; devoid; often with of.",
"Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened."
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