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
- influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...
Ancestry of “influenza”, step by step
influenza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin īnfluentia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 2 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 3 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Medieval Latin influentia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | influentia | influence |