Where does “vaccinia” come from?
Vaccinia derives from Latin vacca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-, a root of uncertain meaning that gave rise to words for cattle across Indo-European languages.
vaccinia (English): An infection of cowpox; The virus which causes...
Definitions
- An infection of cowpox; The virus which causes...
Ancestry of “vaccinia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vacca | cow |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wokeh₂- | — |
Words derived from “vaccinia”