Where does “vaccinare” come from?
vaccinare (Italian) comes from Romanian vaccină, from French vacciner, from English vaccine, from French vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.
vaccinare (Italian): to vaccinate someone against something
Definitions
- to vaccinate someone against something
Ancestry of “vaccinare”, step by step
vaccinare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian vaccină
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vaccină | vaccine |
| 2 | French | vacciner | to vaccinate |
| 3 | English | vaccine | A substance given to stimulate the body's... |
| 4 | French | vaccine | inflection of vacciner: ## first/third-person... |
| 5 | Latin | vaccīnus | of or derived from a cow; cow |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Italian vaccino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vaccino | cow; bovine; vaccine |