Where does “influenssavirus” come from?
influenssavirus (Finnish) comes from Finnish influenssa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
influenssavirus (Finnish): flu virus, influenza virus
Definitions
- flu virus, influenza virus
Ancestry of “influenssavirus”, step by step
influenssavirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish influenssa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | influenssa | influenza, flu |
| 2 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 4 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | 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... |