Past tense of vomit; to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually because of illness or disgust.
From Latin 'vomitare,' meaning to vomit or disgorge. The word appears in medical and everyday contexts and has remained relatively unchanged through centuries of English.
This is one of those universal words—nearly every language has a word for vomiting, and many of them sound similar because it's an old word that predates most language splits, showing it's been part of human experience forever.
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