zoonosis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνόσος“disease”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromζῷον“animal”
3. English todayzoonosis

From zoo- + (itself from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”)) + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, zoo- + -osis; compare also anthroponosis.

Words from the same roots