influenza
English
/ˌɪn.flu.ˈɛn.zə/
noun
Definitions
- (disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian influenza (influence) derived from Latin influentia.
Origin
Latin
influentia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- influenzal English
- influenzalike English
- influenzavirus English
- parainfluenza English
- parainfluenzal English
- parainfluenzavirus English
- postinfluenzal English
- superinfluenza English
- virus English
- influentia Latin
- īnfluēns Latin
- Influenza German
- influenza Hungarian
- influenza Italian
- influenzare Italian
- influenza Spanish, Castilian
- influensa Norwegian Bokmål
- influensa Swedish
- influensa Norwegian Nynorsk
- influença Catalan, Valencian
- flensa Icelandic
- 인플루엔자 Korean
- imfuluwenza Zulu
- influensar Venetian