Noun: rotavirus
| Singular | rotavirus |
| Plural | rotaviruses; rotaviri; rotavirii |
Sample Sentences
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We propose therefore that these reovirus-like or orbivirus-like enteritis viruses of calves and children are in a group separate from both orbiviruses and reoviruses, and we suggest that the term “rotavirus” (from the Latin rota, a wheel) should be used for them. [[1974 July 13, Flewett, T. H., Bryden, A. S., Davies, H., Woode, G. N., Bridger, J. C., Derrick, J. M., “Relation between viruses from acute gastroenteritis of children and newborn calves”, in The Lancet, volume 304, number 7872, →DOI, page 63:]
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-
3. Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der.
4. Proto-Italic *rotā
5. Latin rota
6. Proto-Indo-European *weys-
7. Proto-Indo-European *wisós
8. Proto-Italic *weizos
9. Latin vīrusbor.
10. Middle English virus
11. English virus
12. English rotavirus
13. From Latin rota (“wheel”) + virus. The name was first proposed in July 1974 in an article in The Lancet. See: Latin Nouns '
rota'.
Verbs referencing "rotavirus"
Finnish Nouns
rotavirus, Polish Nouns
rotawirus.