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Where does “virulentus” come from?

virulentus (Latin) comes from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.

virulentus (Latin): poisonous

Definitions

  1. poisonous

Ancestry of “virulentus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ulentusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
2Latin-entusadjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,...
3Latincruentusbloody in its various senses, "particularly:"
4Latincruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrewh₂-blood outside the body

Words derived from “virulentus”

  • virulent
  • virulently
  • avirulent
  • nonvirulent
  • hypovirulent
  • neurovirulent
  • hypervirulent
  • supervirulent
  • virulented
  • virulentness
  • virulento
  • virulento
  • avirulento
  • virulento
  • virulent
  • avirulent
  • virulent
  • virulens
  • virulent
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