köken: Etymology tree Old Chinese 秦 (*zin)der.? Sanskrit चीन (cīna)der. Gandhari 𐨕𐨁𐨣 (cina)der.? Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn /čīn/) Classical Persian چین (Čin)der. ▲ Medieval Latin Sinainflu. Venetan Cinabor.? Spanish China Possibly from Venetan Cina, from Classical Persian چین (Čin, “China”) under influence from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), ultimately from…
aile: China continental, Gran China, jabonero de la China, papel de China
pox, varicella (disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks) · smallpox (acute, highly infectious, often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae) · sheeppox (highly contagious disease of sheep caused by a poxvirus)
chickenpox · The Hindu goddess of poxes Shitala, specifically as the source of chickenpox and recovery from it.
köken: From छोटी (choṭī, “little”) + माता (mātā, “mother”), referring to the less dangerous form of the Hindu goddess of poxes Shitala. Compare with बड़ी माता (baṛī mātā, “smallpox”)