Where does “AIDS” come from?
AIDS (Finnish) comes from English aids, from English aid, from Middle English aiden, from Middle French ayder, from Old French aidier, from Latin adiūtō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
AIDS (Finnish): AIDS
Ancestry of “AIDS”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | aids | plural of aid; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | aid | Help; assistance; succor, relief; A helper; an... |
| 3 | Middle English | aiden | To aid |
| 4 | Middle French | ayder | to help; to aid |
| 5 | Old French | aidier | to help |
| 6 | Latin | adiūtō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “AIDS”