Where does “vaginose” come from?

vaginose (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vagina, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

vaginose (Norwegian Bokmål): vaginosis

Definitions

  1. vaginosis

Ancestry of “vaginose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvaginavagina
2Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →