ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- typhus (n.)
- acute infectious fever, 1785, from Modern Latin (De Sauvages, 1759), from Gk. typhos "stupor caused by fever," lit. "smoke," from typhein "to smoke," related to typhos "blind," typhon "whirlwind," ultimately origin unknown. The disease so called from the prostration that it causes.
See also http://www.myetymology.com/english/typhus.html
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