English

halovirus

From halo- + virus.

Formed from halo- + virus

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Proto-Indo-European *wisós ‘fluidity, slime, poison’

Proto-Italic *weizos

Latin vīrus ‘poison, slime, venom’

Middle English virus

English virus

Today it means

noun Any virus that infects a halobacterium

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / halovirus