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Where does “legionellosis” come from?

legionellosis (English) comes from English Legionella, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

legionellosis (English): An infectious disease caused by "Legionella"...

Definitions

  1. An infectious disease caused by "Legionella"...

Ancestry of “legionellosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLegionella—
2Latinlegiō—
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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