Where does “Alphacoronavirus” come from?

Alphacoronavirus (Translingual) comes from Translingual Coronavirus, from New Latin corōnavīrus, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Alphacoronavirus (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Alphacoronavirus”, step by step

Alphacoronavirus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Coronavirus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCoronavirusCoV
2New Latincorōnavīrus
3Latincorōnachaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
4Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
5Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
6Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Translingual alpha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualalphafrom the

Words derived from “Alphacoronavirus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Spanish -illa