Where does “Černovír” come from?
Černovír (English) comes from Czech Černovír, from Czech vír, from English 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...
Ancestry of “Černovír”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | Černovír | Černovír, a former village, nowadays a quarter of Ústí nad Orlicí |
| 2 | Czech | vír | whirlpool |
| 3 | English | virus | A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure... |
| 4 | Latin | vīrus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |