Where does “rabies” come from?

rabies (Danish) comes from Latin rabiēs, from Latin rabiō, from Proto-Indo-European rebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European lebʰ- — youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,...

rabies (Danish): rabies

Definitions

  1. rabies

Ancestry of “rabies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrabiēsrage
2Latinrabiōto be mad, rave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrebʰ-rib; violent
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlebʰ-youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,...
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