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Where does “xenozoonosis” come from?

xenozoonosis (English) comes from English zoonosis, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

xenozoonosis (English): An infectious disease transmitted from animal to...

Definitions

  1. An infectious disease transmitted from animal to...

Ancestry of “xenozoonosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishzoonosisAn animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax,...
2Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
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...
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