Where does “vaginæ” come from?

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

vaginæ (English): plural of vagina

Definitions

  1. plural of vagina

Ancestry of “vaginæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvāgīnæ—
2Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →