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Where does “vaġina” come from?

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

vaġina (Maltese): vagina

Definitions

  1. vagina

Ancestry of “vaġina”, step by step

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