Where does “vaginitis” come from?
Vaginitis comes from Latin vagina, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις, from Proto-Indo-European wag-, with the -itis suffix denoting inflammation of the vagina.
vaginitis (English): Inflammation of the vagina
Definitions
- Inflammation of the vagina
Ancestry of “vaginitis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | vagina | vagina |
| 2 | Latin | vāgīna | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wāgīnā | sheath, scabbard |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wāg- | to be bent |
Words derived from “vaginitis”