Etymograph

English

antevaginal

From ante- + vaginal.

Formed from ante- + vaginal

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Proto-Italic *anti ‘before’

Latin ante ‘of space. in front, before, forwards’

English ante-

Proto-Italic *wāgīnā ‘sheath, scabbard’

Latin vāgīna ‘a covering, sheath’

New Latin vāgīnālis

English vaginal

Today it means

adj anterior to the vagina

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / antevaginal