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Where does “influenza” come from?

influenza (Italian) comes from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

influenza (Italian): influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “influenza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnfluentia—
2Latinīnfluēns—
3Latinīnfluō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “influenza”

  • influenza
  • parainfluenza
  • floo
  • influenzal
  • influenzavirus
  • influenzalike
  • parainfluenzavirus
  • postinfluenzal
  • parainfluenzal
  • 'flu
  • superinfluenza
  • influenza
  • influenzabilità
  • influenzare
  • influenzabile
  • influença
  • fågelinfluensa
  • influensa
  • influensa
  • sertésinfluenza
  • influenza
  • fugleinfluensa
  • influensa
  • svineinfluensa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →