Where does “SARS-CoV” come from?
SARS-CoV (Translingual) comes from English Cov, from Translingual Coronavirus, from New Latin corōnavīrus, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
SARS-CoV (Translingual): severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; the virus that causes SARS and COVID-19
Definitions
- severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; the virus that causes SARS and COVID-19
Ancestry of “SARS-CoV”, step by step
SARS-CoV traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Cov
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cov | Coventry |
| 2 | Translingual | Coronavirus | CoV |
| 3 | New Latin | corōnavīrus | — |
| 4 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 5 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Translingual SARS
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | SARS | — |