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Where does “vuotacessi” come from?

vuotacessi (Italian) comes from Italian vuotare, from Italian vuoto, from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

vuotacessi (Italian): A person employed to clean toilets

Definitions

  1. A person employed to clean toilets

Ancestry of “vuotacessi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvuotareto empty; to drain
2Italianvuotoempty, vacant; gap; vacancy
3Vulgar Latin*vocitum—
4Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
5Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
6Proto-Italic*-wos—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →