Etymology

vacuole

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Today it means: A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm. Full definition →

French vacuole ← Latin vacuus
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  1. Latin · derived fromvacuus“empty”
  2. French · derived fromvacuole
  3. English todayvacuole

From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Words from the same roots

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