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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorh₂-
- Ancient Greekκορώνη (korṓnē)
- Latincorōna
- Italiancorona
- Englishcorona
- Proto-Indo-European*weys-
- Proto-Indo-European*wisós
- Proto-Italic*weizos
- Latinvīrus
- Middle Englishvirus
- Englishvirus
- Englishcoronavirusabbr.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
- Latiniaciō
- Latiniaceō
- Latinadiaceō
- Latinadiacēns?
- Old Frencheise
- Old Frenchdesaise
- Anglo-Normandesese
- Middle Englishdisese
- Englishdiseaseabbr.
- English todayCOVID-19
Borrowed from translingual COVID-19, an abbreviation of coronavirus disease + 19 from 2019, the year the virus was discovered. Coined by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020. Intended to avoid stigma by not referring to a place, animal, career, or group of people.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.