-virus

Translingual

suffix

Etymology

Derived from Latin vīrus (slime, poison, venom, poisonous liquid).

Origin

Latin

vīrus

Gloss

slime, poison, venom, poisonous liquid

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

virus English
virulentus Latin
vīrus Latin
Virus German
virus Dutch, Flemish
ви́рус Russian
λευκός Ancient Greek
ウイルス Japanese
wirus Polish
víreas Irish
вирус Bulgarian
viirus Estonian
*weisos Proto-Italic