http://wordie.org/words/vampire Comments for the word 'Vampire' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/vampire#comments See <a href="/words/transitive vampire">transitive vampire</a>.<br /> Fri, 09 May 2008 07:44:47 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/vampire#comments http://wordie.org/words/vampire#comments 1734, from Fr. vampire or Ger. Vampir (1732, in an account of Hungarian vampires), from Hung. vampir, from Old Church Slavonic opiri (cf. Serb. vampir, Bulg. vapir, Ukrainian uper), said by Slavic linguist Franc Miklošič to be ult. from Kazan Tatar ubyr "witch." – Online Etymology Dictionary Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:35:48 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/vampire#comments