Where does “papillomavirus” come from?
Papillomavirus comes from English papilla, from Latin papilla, from Latin papula meaning small pimple or pustule, from Proto-Indo-European pap- meaning soft or swollen.
papillomavirus (English): Any variety of virus which causes warts
Definitions
- Any variety of virus which causes warts
Ancestry of “papillomavirus”, step by step
papillomavirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English papilloma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | papilloma | An epithelial tumour, usually benign, with the... |
| 2 | English | -oma | Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ωμᾰ | disease, tumor |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English virus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | virus | A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure... |
| 2 | Latin | vīrus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |