- vacate (v.)
[vacate 词源字典]
- 1640s, "to make void, to annul," from Latin vacatus, past participle of vacare "be empty, be void" (see vain). Meaning "to leave, give up, quit" (a place) is attested from 1791. Related: Vacated; vacating.[vacate etymology, vacate origin, 英语词源]