Where does “vacutainer” come from?
vacutainer (English) comes from English vacuum, from Dutch vacuüm, from Latin vacuum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
vacutainer (English): A collection tube, with an internal vacuum, used...
Definitions
- A collection tube, with an internal vacuum, used...
Ancestry of “vacutainer”, step by step
vacutainer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vacuum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vacuum | A region of space that contains no matter; A... |
| 2 | Dutch | vacuüm | a vacuum |
| 3 | Latin | vacuum | accusative neuter singular of vacuus; an empty... |
| 4 | Latin | vacuus | empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,... |
| 5 | Latin | -uus | forms adjectives on verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-wos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |