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

  1. Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect...

Ancestry of “vaccination”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvacciniaAn infection of cowpox; The virus which causes...
2Latinvaccacow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-

Words derived from “vaccination

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-Every word from Latin vaccaEvery word from English vaccinia