Where does “Hochvakuum” come from?

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

Hochvakuum (German): high vacuum

Definitions

  1. high vacuum

Ancestry of “Hochvakuum”, step by step

Hochvakuum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German vakuum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvakuumvacuum
2Latinvacuumaccusative neuter singular of vacuus; an empty...
3Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
4Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
5Proto-Italic*-wos—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via German hōch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhōch—
2Middle High Germanhōch—
3Old High Germanhōhhigh, tall, elevated
4Proto-West Germanichauhhigh
5Proto-Germanichauhazhigh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten

Words derived from “Hochvakuum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -uus →Every word from Latin vacuus →