Where does “vacuum” come from?

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

vacuum (French): a vacuum

Definitions

  1. a vacuum

Ancestry of “vacuum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvacuumaccusative neuter singular of vacuus; an empty...
2Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
3Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
4Proto-Italic*-wos—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →