Where does “vaca” come from?

vaca (English) comes from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vaca (English): vacation

Definitions

  1. vacation

Ancestry of “vaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvacacow; beef; leather
2Latinvaccacow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂- →Every word from Latin vacca →Every word from Spanish vaca →