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Where does “nonrotavirus” come from?

nonrotavirus (English) comes from English rotavirus, from English virus, from Latin vīrus, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

nonrotavirus (English): Not pertaining to rotaviruses; nonrotaviral; That...

Definitions

  1. Not pertaining to rotaviruses; nonrotaviral; That...

Ancestry of “nonrotavirus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrotavirusAny of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the...
2EnglishvirusA submicroscopic, non-cellular structure...
3Latinvīrus—
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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