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Where does “filariasis” come from?

filariasis (English) comes from English filaria, from Translingual Filaria, from Translingual -aria, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

filariasis (English): Any disease common in tropical and subtropical...

Definitions

  1. Any disease common in tropical and subtropical...

Ancestry of “filariasis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfilariaAny of the parasitic nematode worms of...
2TranslingualFilaria—
3Translingual-ariaone like
4Latin-āria—
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →