Where does “monkeypox” come from?

monkeypox (English) comes from English pox, from Middle English pocke.

monkeypox (English): A viral disease, of primates and some other...

Definitions

  1. A viral disease, of primates and some other...

Ancestry of “monkeypox”, step by step

monkeypox traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pox

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoxA disease characterized by purulent skin...
2Middle Englishpocke—

via English monkey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonkeyAny member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
2GermanMoneke—

Words derived from “monkeypox”

Every word from Middle English pocke →