Where does “typhimurium” come from?

typhimurium (Translingual) comes from Translingual Mus, from Latin mūs, from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

typhimurium (Translingual): A specific epithet for a bacterium that causes typhoid fever in [[mouse

Definitions

  1. A specific epithet for a bacterium that causes typhoid fever in [[mouse

Ancestry of “typhimurium”, step by step

typhimurium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Mus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMusgenus of mice
2Latinmūsa mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))
3Proto-Italicmūsmouse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Translingual tȳphus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualtȳphus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Italic mūs →Every word from Latin mūs →