Where does “kausi-influenssa” come from?
kausi-influenssa (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.
kausi-influenssa (Finnish): seasonal flu, seasonal influenza epidemic disease caused by the seasonally occurring influenzavirus
Definitions
- seasonal flu, seasonal influenza epidemic disease caused by the seasonally occurring influenzavirus
Ancestry of “kausi-influenssa”, step by step
kausi-influenssa 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 |