Where does “에이즈” come from?

에이즈 (Korean) comes from English aids, from English aid, from Middle English aiden, from Middle French ayder, from Old French aidier, from Latin adiūtō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

에이즈 (Korean): AIDS

Definitions

  1. AIDS

Ancestry of “에이즈”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishaidsplural of aid; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishaidHelp; assistance; succor, relief; A helper; an...
3Middle EnglishaidenTo aid
4Middle Frenchayderto help; to aid
5Old Frenchaidierto help
6Latinadiūtōto help, serve, assist
7Latin-tōForms here
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus