Where does “ribovirus” come from?
ribovirus (English) comes from Romanian virus, from French 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...
ribovirus (English): An RNA virus other than a retrovirus
Definitions
- An RNA virus other than a retrovirus
Ancestry of “ribovirus”, step by step
ribovirus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian virus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | virus | virus a submicroscopic, non-cellular structure |
| 2 | French | virus | virus |
| 3 | Latin | vīrus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English virus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | virus | A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure... |
| 2 | Middle English | virus | — |
via Romanian ribo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ribo | — |