Where does “Flaviviridae” come from?
Flaviviridae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Flavivirus, from Latin flāvus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Flaviviridae (Translingual): family|i=1|Yellow fever virus and similar viruses}}
Definitions
- family|i=1|Yellow fever virus and similar viruses}}
Ancestry of “Flaviviridae”, step by step
Flaviviridae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Flavivirus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Flavivirus | genus |
| 2 | Latin | flāvus | light(-haired), blond |
| 3 | Latin | palpus | palm of the hand; feeler |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Translingual viridae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | viridae | a grouping of viruses |