Where does “bubonic” come from?

Bubonic derives from English bubo, from French -ique, from Ancient Greek βουβών meaning groin or swollen groin, with Proto-Indo-European -kos suffix.

bubonic (English): Of or pertaining to buboes

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to buboes

Ancestry of “bubonic”, step by step

bubonic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French bubonique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbuboniquebubonic
2French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
3Middle French-iqueic
4Old French-ique-ic
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Proto-Italic*-ikosforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'

via Latin būbō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbūbōowl, especially the Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
2Latinbūtiōbittern
3Proto-Indo-Europeanb(e)uowl

via Latin bubonicus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbubonicusOf or pertaining to buboes; of the plague
2Latinbūbōnēsbuboes; inflamed swellings of the lymph nodes

Words derived from “bubonic”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-ikos →Every word from Latin -icus →Every word from French -ique →