Where does “Tanapox” come from?

Tanapox (English) comes from English Tana, from French Tana, from French Tananarive, from Malagasy Antananarivo, from Malagasy tanana, from Proto-Malayic taŋan — hand.

Tanapox (English): A yatapoxvirus first encountered among...

Definitions

  1. A yatapoxvirus first encountered among...

Ancestry of “Tanapox”, step by step

Tanapox traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Tana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTanaA river in Kenya
2FrenchTanabitch
3FrenchTananarive
4MalagasyAntananarivo
5Malagasytananahand of humans
6Proto-Malayictaŋanhand

via English pox

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoxA disease characterized by purulent skin...
2Middle Englishpocke
Every word from Proto-Malayic taŋan