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Where does “lentivirus” come from?

lentivirus (English) comes from Latin lentus, from Proto-Indo-European lentos.

lentivirus (English): Any of a group of retroviruses, of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of retroviruses, of the genus...

Ancestry of “lentivirus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlentussticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlentos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lentos →