Latin

vacuus

‘empty, vacant, unoccupied’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin vacuus.

10 English words in this record descend from Latin vacuus, most familiar first.

• vacuum
• void ← voide ← vuit ← *vocitum
• evacuation ← evacuacioun ← ēvacuātiō ← ēvacuō ← vacuō
• evacuate ← ēvacuātus ← ēvacuō ← vacuō
• vacuous
• vacuole
• evacuee ← évacué ← évacuer ← evacuer ← ēvacuō
• vacuity ← vacuitās
• vacuüm
• vacuitous

Etymograph / Latin vacuus