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The word vagina means…

  • March 8, 2019
  • Etymology, Fun Facts about Language
The word vagina means…

The word ‘vagina’ comes from the late 17th century latin for sword-sheath.

The plural of vagina is either vaginae.

Bonus Fact: Clitoris – is borrowed directly from kleitoris, a Greek word for both a door-tender and the female organ. This is thought to relate to kleis, a key, by which one gains entrance through a door.

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/resources/etymology/Pelvis.htm

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1962&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

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