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Where does “Filoviridae” come from?

Filoviridae (Translingual) comes from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

Ancestry of “Filoviridae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīlum—
2Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →