Etymology

from Winogradskyella, the genus of the host to Winogradshyella phage Peternella, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour the American microbiologist Charles Henry Zierdt, who isolated and studied some of the first Corynebacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes phages; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour the American microbiologist Claude Ephraim Zobell, the first person to isolate marine phage, and a pioneer of marine microbiology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Greek μόνος (mónos), meaning "single", and DNA fror deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the  single-stranded DNA genome of viruses in the realm; the suffix -viria for realm taxa

to honour Timothy Loeb, who described “phage f1” in 1960; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa

to honour Peter H. Hofschneider, who described “phage M13” in 1963; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

from the German Faser, meaning "fiber", a reference to the family name Inoviridae, which is derived from the Ancient Greek  ἰνός (inos), meaning "a fiber", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the class; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from tubular, referring to the virion morphology of some viruses in this taxon; and the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Ancient Greek ἰνός (inos), meaning a "fiber", referring to the virion morhology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin paulus, meaning “small”, referring to the shorter genomes and fewer encoded proteins in members of the family compared to viruses of other families within the order Tubulavirales; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin plectrum, meaning "small stick", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Frederick Sanger, who used “phage phiX174” to deduce the first-ever DNA genome sequence; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa

from Escherichia phage phiX174, a member of the taxon that has been central to the history of virology and molecular biology; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

from the Esperanto malgranda, meaning "micro" or "small", referring to the small size of the genome of viruses in the class; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from the French petit, meaning "small", referring to the small size of the genome of viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós), meaning "small", referring to the size of the genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Japanese Empress Shōtoku (称徳天皇), aka Kōken (孝謙天皇), who wrote a poem about a plant disease caused by a geminivirus—considered the first written record of a plant virus disease; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa

to honour Yvonne Cossart, who co-discovered parvovirus B19; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

from the French mou, meaning "flaccid", referring to the disease associated with Bombyx mori bidensovirus, a member of the class; and the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from polinton-like virus. Polintons are large DNA transposons which contain genes with homology to viral proteins; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Latin bi meaning "two" and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the segmented ssDNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from papova, referring to the defunct Papovaviridae, which once included papillomavirus, mouse polyoma virus, and simian vacuolating virus ; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from SE [Stewart & Eddy] polyoma, the original designation for the first discovered polyomavirus (now murine polyomavirus); the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the English prefix poly- (Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) meaning “many”) and  thre Greek suffix -oma, used to form nouns denoting “tumours”, referring to the association of some viruses in the family with cancers; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

to honour Harald zur Hausen, who discovered the connection between papillomaviruses and cervical cancer; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Latin papilla, meaning “nipple" or "pustule”, and the Greek suffix -oma, used to form nouns denoting “tumours”, referring to the association of some viruses in the family with cancers; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Galician quinto, meaning "fifth", referencing Fifth disease, caused by parvovirus B19, a member of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from the Italian piccolo, meaning "small" or "sharp", referring to the small size of parvovirus genomes; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Latin parvus, meaning "small", referring to the small virion size of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from CRESS DNA;  referring to circular Rep-encoding ssDNA viruses; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa.

from arginine and finger, referring to a conserved domain in the helicase of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from bacillariophytes (diatoms), hosts of viruses in this taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from Bacillariophytes, the name of the host of viruses in the genus Bacilladnavirus and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid,; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from circoviruses and circo-like viruses, referring to members of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Latin circulos meaning "small ring", referring to the circular ssDNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the name Endolimax nana, the amoeba host for members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from Vilya the ring of air, one of three rings of power from Middle-earth in the fictional novels of JR Tolkein; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; connection unclear

from circular Rep-encoding ssDNA viruses; and metagenomics; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from small circular ssDNA and the vowel o, referring to the size of genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Latvian gredzens meaning “ring”, referring to the genome circularity of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa

from Jörmun gandr, a serpent in Norse mythology equivalent of ouroboros. The prefix "Jörmun-" denotes something huge, the word "gandr" refers to elongated entities, including snakes, referring to the genome circularity of members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from ouroboros, a symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail, alluding to the genome circularity of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa.

from Jörmun gandr (Norse mytology), also called World Serpent, whose body coiled around the whole Earth (Midgard). The prefix "Jörmun-" denotes something huge; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa. Connection unclear

from the ring Draupnir of Norse mythology, said to have multiplied itself every ninth night, referring to both the circular viral genome and genome replication of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from multipartite, a feature of the genomes of viruses in this taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from América do Sul or America del Sur (South America in Portuguese and Spanish, respectively), the continent in which members of the family were first described; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from animal associated, referring to the source and CRESS, referring to circular Rep-encoding ssDNA viruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek μεταξύ (metaxy), meaning "in-between", referring to the phylogenetic relationship of coconut foliar decay virus, a member of the family, to members of the families Geminiviridae and Nanoviridae; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nanos), meaning "dwarf", referring to the small genome of viruses in the family and their stunting effect on infected plants; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from redondoviruses and CRESS, referring to circular Rep-encoding ssDNA viruses, both members of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa