"chicken-pox," medical Latin, 1764, irregular diminutive of variola (see variola). Related: Varicellous.
"smallpox," 1771, medical Latin diminutive of Latin varius "changing, various," in this case "speckled, spotted" (see vary).
updated on March 08, 2014
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