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Where does “Corticovirus” come from?

Corticovirus (Translingual) comes from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

Ancestry of “Corticovirus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
2Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—

Words derived from “Corticovirus”

  • Corticoviridae
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