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1. Proto-Turkic*ōp-
2. Proto-Turkic*ōpurder.?
3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
4. Proto-Balto-Slavic*au
5. Proto-Slavic*u
6. Proto-Slavic*pyřь
7. Proto-Slavic*ǫpyrь
8. Serbo-Croatianvampir
9. GermanVampir
10. Frenchvampire
11. English todayvampire

From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr /ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, further possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur (“glutton, witch, evil spirit”), or from native construction. Doublet of dhampir and oupire.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1732 A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
• from later 18th c. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)