Where does “rickettsial” come from?
rickettsial (English) comes from English Rickettsia, from Translingual Rickettsia, from English Ricketts, from English Rickett, from English Richard, from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
rickettsial (English): Relating to rickettsia
Definitions
- Relating to rickettsia
Ancestry of “rickettsial”, step by step
rickettsial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Rickettsia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Rickettsia | Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases |
| 2 | Translingual | Rickettsia | genus |
| 3 | English | Ricketts | — |
| 4 | English | Rickett | — |
| 5 | English | Richard | A turd |
| 6 | Middle English | Rycharde | — |
| 7 | Old French | Richard | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | Richardus | — |
| 9 | Frankish | Rīkahard | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | Rīkaharduz | A male given name |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 12 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |