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Where does “vacuus” come from?

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

vacuus (Latin): empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...

Definitions

  1. empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...

Ancestry of “vacuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
2Proto-Italic*-wos—
3Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “vacuus”

  • vacuum
  • evacuate
  • vacuous
  • vacuity
  • vacuole
  • vacuolar
  • vacuously
  • evacuee
  • vacuolation
  • vacuousness
  • vacuolate
  • evacuator
  • granulovacuolar
  • evacuative
  • evacuatory
  • microvacuolar
  • prevacuolar
  • intravacuolar
  • vacuumer
  • vacuolisation
  • perivacuolar
  • vacuumlike
  • nonvacuum
  • transvacuolar
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