inoculation
/ˌɪˌnɒkjəˈleɪʃən/ih-nah-kyuh-LAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɪˌnɑkjəˈleɪʃən/ih-nah-kyuh-LAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of inoculating
Common meaning: vaccination
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- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- oculthe eyeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1255 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘in, into’ + ‘the eye’ → inoculation
Journey through time
- Latinoculus‘the eye’
- Englishinoculate‘to protect with a vaccine’
- Englishformed in English from inoculateinoculation‘vaccination’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from inoculate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INOCULATE, p.295 · scan
Roots
- oculus Latin “the eye”
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