Etymology

vapor

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Today it means: Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. Full definition →

Middle English vapour ← Old French vapor ← Latin vapor
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  1. Proto-Italic*kwapōs
  2. Latinvapor
  3. Old Frenchvapeur
  4. Old Frenchvapor
  5. Middle Englishvapour
  6. English todayvapor

From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvapor all →

vaporous

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