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Where does “vag” come from?

vag (English) comes from English vagina, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

vag (English): vagina; To arrest somebody as a vagrant; turf...

Definitions

  1. vagina; To arrest somebody as a vagrant; turf...

Ancestry of “vag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvaginaThe passage leading from the opening of the vulva...
2Latinvāgīna—
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →