Where does “antivirus” come from?

antivirus (Spanish) comes from Spanish virus, from Latin vīrus, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

antivirus (Spanish): antivirus

Definitions

  1. antivirus

Ancestry of “antivirus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvirusvirus; computer virus
2Latinvīrus
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω