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Where does “virome” come from?

virome (English) comes from English 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...

virome (English): The genomes of all the viruses that inhabit a...

Definitions

  1. The genomes of all the viruses that inhabit a...

Ancestry of “virome”, step by step

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

Words derived from “virome”

  • provirome
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