Where does “vacuole” come from?
Vacuole comes from French vacuole, from Latin vacuola, diminutive of vacuus meaning empty, from vaco meaning to be empty, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- meaning to blow or flow.
vacuole (English): A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's...
Definitions
- A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's...
Ancestry of “vacuole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vacuole | — |
| 2 | Latin | vacula | — |
| 3 | Latin | vacuus | empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,... |
| 4 | Latin | -uus | forms adjectives on verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-wos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “vacuole”