The story
- Latin · borrowed fromvās“vessel”
- English todayvas
Borrowed from Latin vās (“vessel”) around 1645 through 1655. Doublet of vase.
Words from the same roots
Latinvās all →
vasetransvasation
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
vas
Today it means: A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen. Full definition →
Latin vās