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Where does “fowlpox” come from?

fowlpox (English) comes from English fowl, from Middle English foul, from Old English fuġol, from Proto-West Germanic fugl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.

fowlpox (English): A disease of poultry caused by viruses of the...

Definitions

  1. A disease of poultry caused by viruses of the...

Ancestry of “fowlpox”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfowlA bird; A bird of the order Galliformes,...
2Middle EnglishfoulAlternative form of fole; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishfuġolbird
4Proto-West Germanicfuglbird
5Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
6Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
7Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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