Borrowing from Medieval Latin dēvastāvit ?(“he has wasted”), from dēvastāre, from dēvastō ?(“I devastate, I lay waste”), from de- + vastāre (from vastō ?(“I devastate, I lay waste, I ravage”), from vastus ?(“deserted, wasted”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh?st- ?(“empty; wasted”)).