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At least wikipedia seems to partially agree (on the cow part), with citations I couldn't verify: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinia#History https://en.wiki
by typothrowaway 8y ago
At least wikipedia seems to partially agree (on the cow part), with citations I couldn't verify:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinia#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinia#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpox
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoI meant on the etymology of cine / aid. Must have valued out when I wrote my previous comment.
- 1123581321 8y agoine/inus is a Latin possessive suffix that appears in many words. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/-inus https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/-inus
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoThank you, that's what I was after.