--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2005, at 3:24 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > Whoa. This 'vacaa' has to be the root or related to 'vaccum', since > > Latin has so much other Sanskrit in it, and Latin always seems to > > add a 'um' or 'us' on the end. > > Is this a Sanskrit word? 'Vaacaa'? > > In the Latin languages the Sanskrit "Vac" becomes Vox or Voce (It.) or > Voice (Eng.).
****** The American Heritage dictionary links definitions to an appendix of Indo-European roots. The root for vacuum is eu. The entry in the appendix reads: Lacking, empty. *** Paraphrasing and skipping a bit because diacritics and special characters are not available, we find this root showing up in: The English "wane" and "wanton". Norse, to "lack, want". Latin "vanus", empty: vain, vanity, vaunt, evanesce, vanish. Latin "vacare", to be empty: vacant, vacate, vacation, vacuity, vacuum, evacuate. Extended forms: void, avoid, devoid. Extended and suffixed forms: waste, devastate. L B S To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
