Where does “vulvoplasty” come from?
vulvoplasty (English) comes from English vulvo-, from English vulva, from Latin vulva, from Latin volva, from Latin volvo, from Proto-Indo-European welw-, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.
vulvoplasty (English): A surgical procedure to construct, repair, or...
Definitions
- A surgical procedure to construct, repair, or...
Ancestry of “vulvoplasty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | vulvo- | — |
| 2 | English | vulva | The external female sexual organs, collectively;... |
| 3 | Latin | vulva | vulva; womb; vocative singular of vulva |
| 4 | Latin | volva | womb, female sexual organ |
| 5 | Latin | volvo | I roll, tumble |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welw- | hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |