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Where does “microfilaremia” come from?

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

microfilaremia (English): infection of the blood with microfilariae

Definitions

  1. infection of the blood with microfilariae

Ancestry of “microfilaremia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicrofilariaThe very small larva of a filarial worm
2EnglishfilariaAny of the parasitic nematode worms of...
3TranslingualFilaria—
4Translingual-ariaone like
5Latin-āria—
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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