Where does “svininfluensa” come from?
svininfluensa (Swedish) comes from Swedish influensa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
svininfluensa (Swedish): swine flu
Definitions
- swine flu
Ancestry of “svininfluensa”, step by step
svininfluensa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish influensa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | influensa | influenza |
| 2 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 4 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |