Where does “vaginosis” come from?

Vaginosis derives from English vagina plus the Ancient Greek suffix -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -όω, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wag-.

vaginosis (English): Any disease or infection of the vagina

Definitions

  1. Any disease or infection of the vagina

Ancestry of “vaginosis”, step by step

vaginosis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vagina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvaginaThe passage leading from the opening of the vulva...
2Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent

via Spanish vagina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvaginavagina
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →