Where does “vaporate” come from?
vaporate (English) comes from Latin vaporare, from Latin vaporo, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
vaporate (English): To emit vapour; to evaporate
Definitions
- To emit vapour; to evaporate
Ancestry of “vaporate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vaporare | present active infinitive of vapōrō;... |
| 2 | Latin | vaporo | I steam, reek; I smoke, fumigate |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |