Morpheme
Waste
Type
free base
Denotation
squander, spoil, ruin, barren, empty, desolate
Etymology
Middle English wast, waste, wasten; Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French wast, waste, waster and Old English wāstan; Latin vāstāre, from vāstus
Evidence
agrowaste, nonwasted, nonwasting, unwasted, wastage, waste, wasted, wasteful, wastefully, wastefulness, wasteland, wasteless, wastes, wastethrift, wastewater, wastey, wasting, wasty
Notes
homophone of Waist
