Where does “vacuous” come from?
Vacuous comes from Latin vacuus, from the verb vaco, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-, meaning to be empty or unoccupied.
vacuous (English): Empty; void; lacking meaningful content; Showing...
Definitions
- Empty; void; lacking meaningful content; Showing...
Ancestry of “vacuous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ous | Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ous | — |
| 3 | Old French | -us | -ous, used for forming adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | -ōsus | ose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to) |
| 5 | Old Latin | -ōssus | — |
Words derived from “vacuous”