"idle talk," 1620s, from Latin vaniloquentia, from vanus "idle, empty" (from suffixed form of PIE root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out") + loquens, from loqui "to speak" (from PIE root *tolkw- "to speak").
vane
Vanessa
vanguard
vanilla
vanillin
vaniloquence
Vanir
vanish
vanity
vanquish
vantage