Where does “virustauti” come from?
virustauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish virus, from Latin vīrus, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
virustauti (Finnish): viral disease
Definitions
- viral disease
Ancestry of “virustauti”, step by step
virustauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |