Where does “rabies” come from?
Rabies comes from Latin rabies, from the verb rabio, meaning to rage or rave, referring to the violent symptoms of the disease.
rabies (English): An infectious disease caused by species of...
Definitions
- An infectious disease caused by species of...
Ancestry of “rabies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | rabiēs | — |
| 2 | Latin | rabiō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | rebʰ- | rib; violent |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lebʰ- | youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,... |
Words derived from “rabies”