Where does “vaginal” come from?

vaginal (Catalan) comes from Catalan vagina, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

vaginal (Catalan): vaginal

Definitions

  1. vaginal

Ancestry of “vaginal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvaginavagina
2Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →