Where does “ρετροϊός” come from?
ρετροϊός (Greek) comes from English retrovirus, from English retro-, from Latin retrō, from Latin dūcere, from Proto-Italic doukō, from Proto-Indo-European déwketi, from Proto-Indo-European dewk- — to pull, to draw; to lead.
ρετροϊός (Greek): retrovirus
Definitions
- retrovirus
Ancestry of “ρετροϊός”, step by step
ρετροϊός traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retrovirus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retrovirus | Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of... |
| 2 | English | retro- | Back or backward; Behind; In the opposite... |
| 3 | Latin | retrō | back, backwards, behind |
| 4 | Latin | dūcere | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |