Where does “ebolakuume” come from?

ebolakuume (Finnish) comes from Finnish ebola, from English Ebola, from French Ebola, from Northern Ngbandi Legbala.

ebolakuume (Finnish): ebola fever

Definitions

  1. ebola fever

Ancestry of “ebolakuume”, step by step

ebolakuume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ebola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishebolaEbola, Ebola virus
2EnglishEbolaThe Ebola virus
3FrenchEbola—
4Northern NgbandiLegbala—

via Finnish kuume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumefever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...
2Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
3Proto-Finnickuumahot
Every word from Northern Ngbandi Legbala →Every word from French Ebola →Every word from English Ebola →