Etymology

vasculum

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Today it means: A container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples. Full definition →

Latin vāsculum ← Proto-Italic *wāss
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wāss
  2. Latinvās
  3. Latinvāsculum
  4. English todayvasculum

Borrowed from Latin vāsculum (“small vessel”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvāsculum all →

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