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*weis-o-s · Proto-Italic
noun · Proto-Italic
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Poison; reconstructed root.. Poison; reconstructed root.
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The entry reconstructs Proto-Italic *weis-o-(s)- “poison” behind Latin virus. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Latin virus includes poison, poisonous liquid, plant sap, slimy liquid and potent juice senses. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
virus · Latin
noun · Latin
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Poison, poisonous liquid, plant sap or slimy liquid.. Poison, poisonous liquid, plant sap or slimy liquid.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected lexical source.
Latin reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The entry reconstructs Proto-Italic *weis-o-(s)- “poison” behind Latin virus. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Latin virus includes poison, poisonous liquid, plant sap, slimy liquid and potent juice senses. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
English virus is reported from the late fourteenth century for poisonous substance and pathology fluid, with the older sense later archaic. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Latin. LanguageTable row lati1261
virus · English
noun · English
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Poisonous substance or fluid discharged from a wound.. Poisonous substance or fluid discharged from a wound.
c. late 14th–18th century · English pathology virus — The period groups the older English and medical fluid contexts.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Latin virus includes poison, poisonous liquid, plant sap, slimy liquid and potent juice senses. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
English virus is reported from the late fourteenth century for poisonous substance and pathology fluid, with the older sense later archaic. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
The scientific infectious-disease sense develops by the 1790s; use for submicroscopic organisms is reported from the 1870s and later discoveries. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
virus · English
noun · English
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An infectious agent or submicroscopic disease-causing organism.. An infectious agent or submicroscopic disease-causing organism.
c. 1790s–19th century · biological virus — The period separates scientific terminology from the older poison/fluid sense.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
English virus is reported from the late fourteenth century for poisonous substance and pathology fluid, with the older sense later archaic. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
The scientific infectious-disease sense develops by the 1790s; use for submicroscopic organisms is reported from the 1870s and later discoveries. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
The computer sense is reported from 1972. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
virus · English
noun · English
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A malicious self-propagating computer program.. A malicious self-propagating computer program.
c. 1972 · English computer virus — Reported written-use context; not the date of coinage or transmission.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The scientific infectious-disease sense develops by the 1790s; use for submicroscopic organisms is reported from the 1870s and later discoveries. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
The computer sense is reported from 1972. virus — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293