Where does “virulento” come from?
virulento (Italian) comes from Late Latin virulentus, from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
virulento (Italian): virulent; virulent, bitter, acrimonious
Definitions
- virulent; virulent, bitter, acrimonious
Ancestry of “virulento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | virulentus | poisonous |
| 2 | Latin | -ulentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 3 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 4 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 5 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |
Words derived from “virulento”