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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

virus.

virus (pathogen)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. virus (pathogen)

    invariable · masculine

  2. computer virus

    invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīruslbor. Galician virus Learned borrowing from Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”).

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