Where does “vaginalis” come from?

vaginalis (Latin) comes from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

vaginalis (Latin): vaginal

Definitions

  1. vaginal

Ancestry of “vaginalis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
2Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent

Words derived from “vaginalis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →