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Where does “vaca” come from?

vaca (Spanish) comes from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.

vaca (Spanish): cow; beef; leather

Definitions

  1. cow; beef; leather

Ancestry of “vaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvaccacow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwokeh₂-—

Words derived from “vaca”

  • vaquero
  • buckaroo
  • vaquita
  • vaquería
  • vaquero
  • vaquera
  • vacuna
  • vaquita
  • vacada
  • vacuna
  • vakero
  • vakerino
  • vakera
  • baka
  • bakahan
  • baka
  • bakuna
  • béégashii yáázh
  • béégashii
  • béégashii bichaan
  • huacax
  • vacas
  • waka
  • baka
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