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

  1. flu virus, influenza virus

Ancestry of “influenssavirus”, step by step

influenssavirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish influenssa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinfluenssainfluenza, flu
2Italianinfluenzainfluence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...
3Latinīnfluentiainfluence
4Latinīnfluēnsflowing into
5Latinīnfluōto flow or run into
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Finnish virus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirusvirus
2Latinvīrus
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...

Words derived from “influenssavirus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en