Where does “tripledemic” come from?
tripledemic (English) comes from English pandemic, from Latin pandēmus, from Ancient Greek πᾶν, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
tripledemic (English): A combination of three pandemics (usually referring to Covid-19, influenza, and RSV)
Definitions
- A combination of three pandemics (usually referring to Covid-19, influenza, and RSV)
Ancestry of “tripledemic”, step by step
tripledemic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pandemic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pandemic | Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical... |
| 2 | Latin | pandēmus | affecting all the people, public, general |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πᾶν | neuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀπτικός | of or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄψις | view |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄψ | voice; word; eye, face |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | wókʷs | voice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |