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Where does “flulike” come from?

flulike (English) comes from English flu, from English influenza, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

flulike (English): Resembling influenza

Definitions

  1. Resembling influenza

Ancestry of “flulike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluInfluenza; Stomach flu
2EnglishinfluenzaAn acute contagious disease of the upper airways...
3Italianinfluenzainfluence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...
4Latinīnfluentia—
5Latinīnfluēns—
6Latinīnfluō—
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →