Etymology

siriasis

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Latin sīriāsis ← Ancient Greek σειρίᾱσις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσειρίᾱσις“heatstroke”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromsīriāsis
  3. English todaysiriasis

From Latin sīriāsis, from Ancient Greek σειρίᾱσις (seiríāsis, “heatstroke”)

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