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Etymology of the English word zoonosis
the English word
zoonosis
using the English prefix
zoo-
derived from the Greek word
zoon
, ζῶον (animal; a live thing; an animal)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷei-
(to live)
derived from the Greek word
nosos
, νόσος (a malady (rarely figuratively, of moral disability))
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