[vacan], m. a word, speech, utterance, promise.
[←OIA vacaná- ‘speaking’ RV., n. ‘statement’ AitBr., ‘speech’ Mn. <√vac ‘speak’ ◀PIE *u̯ekʷ- ‘to speak, say’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. epic, vocal, voice, vowel ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 1182; (Turner, 1966) 11199, p.653; (MW, 1899) 0912; (Pokorny, 1959) 1135; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.489
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