Where does “vacuum” come from?

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

vacuum (Latin): accusative neuter singular of vacuus; an empty...

Definitions

  1. accusative neuter singular of vacuus; an empty...

Ancestry of “vacuum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vacuum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →