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Where does “parvovirus” come from?

Parvovirus comes from English parvus, from Latin parvus meaning "small," traced through Proto-Indo-European mey-, ph₁w-, and peh₂w-.

parvovirus (English): Any single-stranded DNA virus, of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any single-stranded DNA virus, of the genus...

Ancestry of “parvovirus”, step by step

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