Where does “gaseous” come from?

Gaseous derives from English gas combined with the English suffix -ous, ultimately tracing through Latin -osus and Proto-Germanic gatwǭ to Ancient Greek χάος meaning chaos or void.

gaseous (English): Relating to, or existing as, gas; Of a liquid...

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or existing as, gas; Of a liquid...

Ancestry of “gaseous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-eous"Used with nouns to form adjectives with the...
2English-ousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, to denote...
3Middle English-ous
4Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
5Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
6Old Latin-ōssus

Words derived from “gaseous

Every word from Old Latin -ōssus