Where does “vaginodynia” come from?

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

vaginodynia (English): Pain in the vagina

Definitions

  1. Pain in the vagina

Ancestry of “vaginodynia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishvagino-vagina
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 →
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