Where does “vacuum” come from?
Vacuum comes from Latin vacuum, the neuter form of vacuus meaning empty, derived from the verb vaco meaning to be empty, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-.
vacuum (English): A region of space that contains no matter; A...
Definitions
- A region of space that contains no matter; A...
Ancestry of “vacuum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | vacuüm | — |
| 2 | Latin | vacuum | accusative neuter singular of vacuus; an empty... |
| 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 “vacuum”