词根：-vac-, -vacu-, -van-, -void-

【词根含义】：空

【词根来源】：-vac-来源于拉丁语动词vac.o, vac.are, vac.avi, vac.atum(空);-vacu-来源于拉丁语动词vacuo, -are, -avi, -atus(使空); -van-来源于拉丁语形容词van.us, van.a, van.um(空);-void-来源于古法语vuide(空的)。均可追溯至原始印欧语wan-(缺乏的)。

【同源单词】：vacancy, vacant, vacate, vacation, vacationist

词根词缀：-ous, -ious, -eous

【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.

【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous

词根词缀：-uous

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; tending to, inclined to

【同源单词】ambiguous, assiduous, bilinguous, conspicuous, contemptuous, continuous

词根词缀：vacu-

【来源及含义】Latin: from vacare, "to empty"

【相关词根词缀】Related "empty" word units: ceno-; void.

【同源单词】abevacuation, daycation, daycationer, evacuant, evacuate, evacuation