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vaccinate

/ˈvæksəneɪt/VAK-suh-nayt
/ˈvæksəneɪt/VAK-suh-nayt

Meaningto treat with cow (matter)

Common meaning: to give a vaccine to

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAK‘cry out’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 333, p. 742 · scan
  2. Latinvacca, -ae‘a cow’
  3. Englishvaccinate‘to give a vaccine to’ · today

vacc also in: vaccine

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vacca ‘a cow’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vacca, p. 1949 · dictionary scan

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