Where does “flunssavirus” come from?
flunssavirus (Finnish) comes from Finnish flunssa, from Swedish flunsa, from Swedish influensa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn- — in.
flunssavirus (Finnish): common cold virus
Definitions
- common cold virus
Ancestry of “flunssavirus”, step by step
flunssavirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish flunssa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | flunssa | common cold, cold |
| 2 | Swedish | flunsa | flu |
| 3 | Swedish | influensa | influenza |
| 4 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 6 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 7 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish virus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virus | virus |
| 2 | Latin | vīrus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |