Etymology

pseudovirus

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Today it means: Any of the family Pseudoviridae of viruses. Full definition →

English virus ← Middle English virus ← Latin vīrus
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weys-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wisós
  7. Proto-Italic*weizos
  8. Latinvīrus
  9. Middle Englishvirus
  10. Englishvirus
  11. English todaypseudovirus

From pseudo- + virus.

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