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

  1. An infectious disease caused by species of...

Ancestry of “rabies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrabiēsrage
2Latinrabiōto be mad, rave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrebʰ-rib; violent
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlebʰ-youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,...

Words derived from “rabies

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lebʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European rebʰ-Every word from Latin rabiō