Etymograph

English

vaginal

Vaginal comes from Latin vāgīna ‘a covering, sheath’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *wāgīnā.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wāgīnā‘sheath, scabbard’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvāgīna‘a covering, sheath’
  3. New Latinc. 1500–1900vāgīnālis
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2021vaginal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wāgīnā‘sheath, scabbard’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvāgīna‘a covering, sheath’
  3. New Latinc. 1500–1900vāgīnālis
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2021vaginal

Earliest quotation: 2021, Jacqui Palumbo, These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues fo: “A non-hormonal birth control capsule that women can insert…”

Formed from vagina + -al

Proto-Italic *wāgīnā

Latin vāgīna ‘sheath’

English vagina

Linked words

through Latin vāgīna ‘a covering, sheath’

vanilla, 6 more

Today it means

adj Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *wāgīnā / vaginal

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