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Where does “vampir” come from?

vampir (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ǫpyrь — vampire.

vampir (Serbo-Croatian): vampire

Definitions

  1. vampire

Ancestry of “vampir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicǫpyrьvampire

Words derived from “vampir”

  • vampire
  • vampirism
  • vampiric
  • vampyre
  • dhampir
  • vampirish
  • vampiress
  • vampirelike
  • vampyric
  • vampirically
  • vampiristic
  • vampirical
  • vampirize
  • vampiredom
  • vampirization
  • vampirology
  • antivampire
  • vampiristically
  • nonvampire
  • autovampirism
  • vampiresque
  • vampirise
  • vampirine
  • vampirist
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