Where does “VAXen” come from?
VAXen (English) comes from English vax, from English vaccine, from French vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
VAXen (English): plural of VAX
Ancestry of “VAXen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | vax | Abbreviation of vaccine; Abbreviation of... |
| 2 | English | vaccine | A substance given to stimulate the body's... |
| 3 | French | vaccine | inflection of vacciner:
## first/third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | vaccīnus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |