Where does “vvaċċina” come from?
vvaċċina (Maltese) comes from Italian vaccinare, from Romanian vaccină, from French vacciner, from English vaccine, from French vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.
vvaċċina (Maltese): to vaccinate
Definitions
- to vaccinate
Ancestry of “vvaċċina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vaccinare | to vaccinate someone against something |
| 2 | Romanian | vaccină | vaccine |
| 3 | French | vacciner | to vaccinate |
| 4 | English | vaccine | A substance given to stimulate the body's... |
| 5 | French | vaccine | inflection of vacciner: ## first/third-person... |
| 6 | Latin | vaccīnus | of or derived from a cow; cow |
| 7 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |