[Ads-l] origin of the term "coronavirus"

[Margaret Winters]

Thank you!

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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu


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Subject: Re: origin of the term "coronavirus"

CoronaVirus Disease = CoViD

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:52 PM Margaret Winters <mewinters at wayne.edu> wrote:

> I meant etymology/coinage.  The co- part could be for corona, but why
> -vid?  A blog I read, not by linguists, suggested 'seen together' but I
> can't say I'm convinced.
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> MARGARET E WINTERS
> Former Provost
> Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI  48202
>
> mewinters at wayne.edu
>
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> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of
> Chris Waigl <chris at LASCRIBE.NET>
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 5:48 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: origin of the term "coronavirus"
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> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 1:06 PM Margaret Winters <mewinters at wayne.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > That is what I understood too.
> >
> > Apropos, I haven't seen a source for 'covid' that sounded plausible so
> > far...  Have I missed something on the list discussion?
> >
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "source", but the site that I send people to
> who are confused about name of virus and name of disease is, drumroll, the
> WHO:
>
> https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it
>
>
> >
> > """"
> > Viruses are named based on their genetic structure to facilitate the
> > development of diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines. Virologists and
> > the wider scientific community do this work, so viruses are named by the
> > International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
> > Diseases are named to enable discussion on disease prevention, spread,
> > transmissibility, severity and treatment. Human disease preparedness and
> > response is WHO’s role, so diseases are officially named by WHO in the
> > International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
> > ICTV announced “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
> > (SARS-CoV-2)” as the name of the new virus on 11 February 2020.  This
> name
> > was chosen because the virus is genetically related to the coronavirus
> > responsible for the SARS outbreak of 2003.  While related, the two
> viruses
> > are different.
> > WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February
> > 2020, following guidelines previously developed with the World
> Organisation
> > for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
> > United Nations (FAO).
> > """"
>
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