vaccinate C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˈvæksɪneɪt/ UK /ˈvæksɪneɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease Clinics worked to vaccinate the entire town before winter set in. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to treat with a vaccine to... immunizeinoculatejab Word family Derived forms vaccinationvaccinatorvaccinated Related forms vaccine Etymology AI details From Latin vaccīnus ('relating to cows'), from vacca ('cow'); coined after Edward Jenner's use of cowpox (variolae vaccinae) to confer immunity against smallpox. vaccīnus Latin vacca Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # vaccinate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈvæksɪneɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈvæksɪneɪt/ ## Meanings 1. to treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease ## Examples - Clinics worked to vaccinate the entire town before winter set in. ## Synonyms - immunize - inoculate - jab ## Derived Forms - vaccination - vaccinator - vaccinated ## Related Forms - vaccine ## Roots and Affixes - Root: vaccīnus - Root: vacca ## Etymology From Latin vaccīnus ('relating to cows'), from vacca ('cow'); coined after Edward Jenner's use of cowpox (variolae vaccinae) to confer immunity against smallpox. ## AI Etymology Vaccinate comes from Latin vaccīnus ('relating to cows'), from vacca ('cow'); coined after Edward Jenner's use of cowpox (variolae vaccinae) to confer immunity against smallpox. In current use it is a verb meaning "to treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. The historical chain includes Latin vaccīnus and Latin vacca. Related English forms include vaccine. Derived forms include vaccination, vaccinator, and vaccinated. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense. ## Topics - Health & Medicine - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown