myEtymology.com: French etymology of typhus

Etymology of the French word typhus

the French word typhus

derived from the Latin word typhus

derived from the Greek word tuphos, τῦφος, τύϕος

derived from the Greek word tuphein, τύφω (to make a smoke; slowly consume without flame)

Dutch tyfus, English typhus, English typhoid, German Typhus, Italian tifo, Latin typhus, Norwegian tyfoidfeber, Polish tyfus, Russian тиф, Swedish tyfus