The story
- Latin · learned borrowing fromvāgīnula
- English todayvaginula
Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīnula, diminutive of vagina (“sheath”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
vaginula
Today it means: A little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses. Full definition →
Latin vāgīnula