Where does “parainfluenssavirus” come from?

parainfluenssavirus (Finnish) comes from Finnish influenssavirus, from Finnish influenssa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

parainfluenssavirus (Finnish): parainfluenza virus

Definitions

  1. parainfluenza virus

Ancestry of “parainfluenssavirus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinfluenssavirusflu virus, influenza virus
2Finnishinfluenssainfluenza, flu
3Italianinfluenzainfluence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...
4Latinīnfluentiainfluence
5Latinīnfluēnsflowing into
6Latinīnfluōto flow or run into
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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