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Where does “vampire” come from?

Vampire comes from French vampire, from German Vampir, from Proto-Slavic ǫpyrь, of unknown origin and meaning.

vampire (English): A mythological undead creature said to feed on...

Definitions

  1. A mythological undead creature said to feed on...

Ancestry of “vampire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvampirevampire
2GermanVampirvampire
3Serbo-Croatianvàmpīrvampire
4Proto-Slavicǫpyrьvampire

Words derived from “vampire”

  • vampirism
  • vampiric
  • vampyre
  • vampirish
  • vampiress
  • vampirelike
  • vampyric
  • vampirically
  • vampiristic
  • vampirical
  • vampirize
  • vampiredom
  • vampirization
  • vampirology
  • antivampire
  • vampiristically
  • nonvampire
  • autovampirism
  • vampiresque
  • vampirise
  • vampirine
  • vampirist
  • unvampiric
  • vampirological
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