Where does “variolă” come from?

variolă (Romanian) comes from French variole, from Medieval Latin variola, from Latin varius, from Latin vārus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

variolă (Romanian): smallpox

Definitions

  1. smallpox

Ancestry of “variolă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvariolesmallpox
2Medieval Latinvariola—
3Latinvariusdiverse, different, various, variegated
4Latinvārus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wer-to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer- →