myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of vacuum

Etymology of the Latin word vacuum

the Latin word vacuum

derived from the Latin word vacuus (empty, vacant, unoccupied)

derived from the Late Latin word vacare (be empty; be vacant; be idle)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *euə-

English vacuum, French vacuisme, French vacuiste, French vacuole, French vacuomètre, French vacuum, Spanish vacuola