vagina

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Latin word vagina comes from Proto-Indo-European *wāgīnā

*wāgīnā (Proto-Indo-European)

vagina (Latin)

Covering, sheath, holder of any thing. Female vagina. Sheath of a claw, in cats. Sheath of an ear of grain, etc., the hull, husk. Sheath, scabbard.

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