Where does “huruhuru” come from?
huruhuru (Maori) comes from Maori huru, from Proto-Polynesian fulu, from English flu, from English influenza, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō — in.
Ancestry of “huruhuru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maori | huru | hair; to glow |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | fulu | — |
| 3 | English | flu | Influenza; Stomach flu |
| 4 | English | influenza | An acute contagious disease of the upper airways... |
| 5 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 7 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 8 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |