Vache
/væʃ/noun
A type of leather made from cowhide or calfskin.
Did you know?The medical word vaccine ultimately comes from the same Latin cow-root, because Edward Jenner’s smallpox protection used material associated with cowpox.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wogʷeh₂-
“A reconstructed root associated with cattle or bovines”
Classical Latin
Latin
vacca
“Cow”
Late Latin
Latin
vacca
“Cow; the source of Romance forms”
12th–13th Century
Old French
vache
“Cow”
17th Century
English
vache
“Cowhide or calfskin leather, borrowed from French”
Modern English
English
vache
“Leather made from cowhide or calfskin”
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