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

  1. An infection of cowpox; The virus which causes...

Ancestry of “vaccinia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvaccacow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-

Words derived from “vaccinia

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-Every word from Latin vacca