Where does “picornavirus” come from?
picornavirus (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...
picornavirus (English): Any of the family "Picornaviridae" of RNA...
Definitions
- Any of the family "Picornaviridae" of RNA...
Ancestry of “picornavirus”, step by step
picornavirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |
via English RNA
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | RNA | Initialism of ribonucleic acid |