Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “vache” come from?

vache (Old French) comes from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vache (Old French): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “vache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvaccacow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

Words derived from “vache”

  • Chichevache
  • vacher
  • vachette
  • vachery
  • vache
  • vachette
  • vachement
  • vacherie
  • vachi
  • vache
  • vatche
  • vas
  • vas
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