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Where does “phlebovirus” come from?

phlebovirus (English) comes 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...

phlebovirus (English): Any of the genus "Phlebovirus" of viruses in the...

Definitions

  1. Any of the genus "Phlebovirus" of viruses in the...

Ancestry of “phlebovirus”, 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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