voiden

See also: vöiden

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English void

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-West Germanic *-inōn

Old English -nian

Middle English -enen / -nen

English -en

English voiden

From void + -en.

Verb

voiden (third-person singular simple present voidens, present participle voidening, simple past and past participle voidened)

1. (ambitransitive, rare, nonstandard) To make or become void.
   • 1989, Lok Sabha Debates - Volume 52, Issues 20-21, page 21:

     So, it is temporarily voidened on account of stay granted by court.

   • 2014, Stefan Sorin Muresan, Social Market Economy: The Case of Germany, page 144:

     Public consciousness seems to be voidening of meaning and purpose in life.

Anagrams

• nevoid

Finnish

Alternative forms

• voitten

Etymology 1

Noun

voiden

1. genitive plural of voi

Etymology 2

Noun

voiden

1. genitive plural of vuo

Anagrams

• devoni, videon

Middle English

Verb

voiden

1. To leave; to depart
   • 1394, Chaucer, “v. 1149”, in The Franklin's Tale‎^[1]:

     Somtyme a castel, al of lym and stoon; And whan hem lyked, voyded it anon.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)