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Where does “vacuna” come from?

vacuna (Spanish) comes from Spanish -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

vacuna (Spanish): vaccine; feminine singular of vacuno

Definitions

  1. vaccine; feminine singular of vacuno

Ancestry of “vacuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-a-ess used to form feminine singular nouns; used...
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-ā—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “vacuna”

  • vacuna
  • bakuna
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →