vagina的词源

英文词源

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vagina: see vanilla
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"sexual passage of the female from the vulva to the uterus," 1680s, medical Latin, from specialized use of Latin vagina "sheath, scabbard, covering; sheath of an ear of grain, hull, husk" (plural vaginae), from PIE *wag-ina- (cognates: Lithuanian vožiu "ro cover with a hollow thing"), from root *wag- "to break, split, bite." Probably the ancient notion is of a sheath made from a split piece of wood (see sheath). A modern medical word; the Latin word was not used in an anatomical sense in classical times. Anthropological vagina dentata is attested from 1902.

中文词源

vagina:阴道

来自拉丁语vagina, 剑鞘,保护,来自PIE*wag,分开,两半,词源同vanilla.后用于解剖学术语指阴道。

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vagina:阴道

来自拉丁语 vagina,剑鞘,保护,来自 PIE*wag,分开,两半,词源同 vanilla.后用于解剖学术 语指阴道。