Where does “vaccination” come from?
Vaccination derives from Latin vacca (cow), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-, referring to the animal from which the original vaccine was derived.
vaccination (English): Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect...
Definitions
- Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect...
Ancestry of “vaccination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | vaccinia | An infection of cowpox; The virus which causes... |
| 2 | Latin | vacca | cow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wokeh₂- | — |
Words derived from “vaccination”