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Where does “vacsaíneoir” come from?

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

vacsaíneoir (Irish): vaccinator

Definitions

  1. vaccinator

Ancestry of “vacsaíneoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishvacsaínvaccine
2EnglishvaccineA substance given to stimulate the body's...
3Frenchvaccineinflection of vacciner: ## first/third-person...
4Latinvaccīnus—
5Latin-īnus—
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →