Where does “marburgvirus” come from?

marburgvirus (Dutch) comes from Dutch virus, from Latin vīrus, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

marburgvirus (Dutch): the virus, of the genus Marburgvirus, that causes hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates

Definitions

  1. the virus, of the genus Marburgvirus, that causes hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates

Ancestry of “marburgvirus”, step by step

marburgvirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch virus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvirusvirus
2Latinvīrus
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English Marburg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMarburg
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-