Where does “vacuity” come from?

Vacuity comes from Latin vacuitas, formed from the adjective vacuus (empty) with the suffix -itas, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-.

vacuity (English): Emptiness; Physical emptiness, an absence of...

Definitions

  1. Emptiness; Physical emptiness, an absence of...

Ancestry of “vacuity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvacuitāsempty space, vacancy, vacuity
2Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
3Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
4Proto-Italic*-wos—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -uus →Every word from Latin vacuus →