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Where does “vacuole” come from?

vacuole (French) comes from Latin vacula, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “vacuole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvacula—
2Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
3Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
4Proto-Italic*-wos—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “vacuole”

  • vacuole
  • vacuolar
  • vacuolation
  • vacuolate
  • granulovacuolar
  • microvacuolar
  • prevacuolar
  • intravacuolar
  • vacuolisation
  • perivacuolar
  • transvacuolar
  • vacuolic
  • multivacuolar
  • vacuolize
  • nonvacuolar
  • avacuolar
  • plurivacuolar
  • vacuolin
  • provacuole
  • microvacuole
  • vacuolaire
  • vacuolome
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