Where does “virologico” come from?
virologico (Italian) comes from Italian virologia, from Italian viro, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
virologico (Italian): virological
Definitions
- virological
Ancestry of “virologico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | virologia | virology |
| 2 | Italian | viro | man; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |