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Where does “virion” come from?

Virion comes from French virion, formed from Latin virus with the French suffix -ion, ultimately from Latin virus meaning poison or venom.

virion (English): A single individual particle of a virus

Definitions

  1. A single individual particle of a virus

Ancestry of “virion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchvirionA virion
2Frenchvirusvirus
3Latinvīrus—
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “virion”

  • pseudovirion
  • intravirion
  • virionic
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