Etymology

enterovirus

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Today it means: Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract Full definition →

English virus ← Middle English virus ← Latin vīrus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Ancient Greekἔντερον (énteron)
  4. New Latinentero-
  5. Englishentero-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weys-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wisós
  8. Proto-Italic*weizos
  9. Latinvīrus
  10. Middle Englishvirus
  11. Englishvirus
  12. English todayenterovirus

From entero- + virus.

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