Where does “Medusavirus” come from?
Medusavirus (English) comes 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...
Medusavirus (English): An informal genus of the informal family Medusaviridae, large DNA viruses that infect amoeba
Definitions
- An informal genus of the informal family Medusaviridae, large DNA viruses that infect amoeba
Ancestry of “Medusavirus”, step by step
Medusavirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin vīrus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vīrus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |