Ebola · proper noun1
- ngb · derived fromLegbala
- French · borrowed fromEbola
- English todayEbola
From French Ebola, from Northern Ngbandi Legbala (literally “white water”).
Ebola · noun2
Named after the river, which flowed near the first outbreak of Ebola that was first identified as Ebola. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.