Where does “SARS-CoV-1” come from?

SARS-CoV-1 (Translingual) comes from Translingual SARS-CoV, from English Cov, from Translingual Coronavirus, from New Latin corōnavīrus, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

SARS-CoV-1 (Translingual): severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 1; the virus strain that causes SARS

Definitions

  1. severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 1; the virus strain that causes SARS

Ancestry of “SARS-CoV-1”, step by step

SARS-CoV-1 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual SARS-CoV

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualSARS-CoVsevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; the virus that causes SARS and COVID-19
2EnglishCovCoventry
3TranslingualCoronavirusCoV
4New Latincorōnavīrus
5Latincorōnachaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
6Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
7Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
8Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
9Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
10Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
11Proto-Italic-olos
12Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
13Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
14Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Translingual 1

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual1
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós