Do the words 'virus' and 'virulent' have a common origin? [GB English, idk if 'virulent occurs in US English]?
2021-02-03 10:33 pm
I know that one is a noun and the other an adjective, but as recent events have shown a virus can spread in a virulent manner, as well as the fact the two words share the same first 5 letters.
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2021-02-03 10:38 pm
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Literally, the root of virulent is Latin virus (poison) which is very obviously the same word in English. Virulent comes from Latin virulentia (full of poison), a form of the word virus. So yes.And yes, virulent is a word in American English.
2021-02-04 8:42 am
Yes, they both have the same root. We have it in US English too.
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