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Do the words 'virus' and 'virulent' have a common origin? [GB English, idk if 'virulent occurs in US English]?
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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- busterwasmycatLv 72 months agoFavorite Answer
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.
- Anonymous2 months ago
Yes, they both have the same root. We have it in US English too.
