Where does “vacuolaire” come from?
vacuolaire (French) comes from French vacuole, from Latin vacula, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
vacuolaire (French): vacuolar
Ancestry of “vacuolaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vacuole | — |
| 2 | Latin | vacula | — |
| 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 |