Where does “vac” come from?

vac (English) comes from Sanskrit वाच्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vac (English): A vacation; A vacuum cleaner; To vacuum; to clean...

Definitions

  1. A vacation; A vacuum cleaner; To vacuum; to clean...

Ancestry of “vac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवाच्speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwā́kšspeech, voice; sound?
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “vac”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš →