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Where does “vacuumer” come from?

vacuumer (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.

vacuumer (English): One who, or that which, vacuums

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, vacuums

Ancestry of “vacuumer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvacuumA region of space that contains no matter; A...
2Dutchvacuüm—
3Latinvacuumaccusative neuter singular of vacuus; an empty...
4Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
5Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
6Proto-Italic*-wos—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →