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Where does “cervicovaginale” come from?

cervicovaginale (Italian) comes from Italian vaginale, from Italian vagina, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

cervicovaginale (Italian): cervicovaginal

Definitions

  1. cervicovaginal

Ancestry of “cervicovaginale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvaginalevaginal
2Italianvaginavagina
3Latinvāgīna—
4Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →