Where does “rabific” come from?

rabific (English) comes from English rabies, from Latin rabiēs, from Latin rabiō, from Proto-Indo-European rebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European lebʰ- — youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,...

rabific (English): transmitting rabies

Definitions

  1. transmitting rabies

Ancestry of “rabific”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrabiesAn infectious disease caused by species of...
2Latinrabiēsrage
3Latinrabiōto be mad, rave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrebʰ-rib; violent
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlebʰ-youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rebʰ- →Every word from Latin rabiō →
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