The story
- Latin · borrowed fromroseola īnfantum“a rosy (rash) of the infant”
- English todayroseola infantum
Borrowed from Latin roseola īnfantum (“a rosy (rash) of the infant”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
roseola infantum
Today it means: A childhood disease caused by human herpesvirus, and characterised by a high-grade fever and a rash which appears as the fever is seemingly resolving. Full definition →
Latin roseola īnfantum