Where does “vaccine” come from?

vaccine (French) comes from Latin vaccīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

vaccine (French): inflection of vacciner: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. inflection of vacciner: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “vaccine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvaccīnusof or derived from a cow; cow
2Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “vaccine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin vaccīnus →