Proto-Indo-European

*wisós

‘poison’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *wisós, most familiar first.

• virus ← *weizos
• virulent ← vīrulentus ← vīrus ← *weizos
• virion ← virus ← vīrus ← *weizos
• bikh ← बिख ← विष ← *wiṣás ← *wišás
• virose ← virosus ← virus ← *weizos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wisós