Where does “poliovirus” come from?
Poliovirus comes from English poliomyelitis, from Latin virus, from Ancient Greek μυελός, from Proto-Hellenic poľľós, from Proto-Indo-European polH-yós, from Proto-Indo-European pelH-.
poliovirus (English): A human enterovirus of the "Picornaviridae"...
Definitions
- A human enterovirus of the "Picornaviridae"...
Ancestry of “poliovirus”, step by step
| 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... |