Etymology

from Nenya the ring of water, 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 Saturn, which is also known as the Ringed Planet, referring to the genome circularity of members of the family; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa.

from the Māori Kanorau meaning "to be diverse", referring to the diversity of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Māori maha puna meaning "many sources", referring to the diversity of viruses of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

referring to the Rep-encoding single stranded DNA viruses in the taxon; the suffix -vircetes for class taxa

from geminivirus, and also plants and fungi, referring to the hosts of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Latin geminus meaning "twin", referring to the characteristic twinned (geminate) virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from geminivirus-like and no movement, indicating the lack of a movement protein gene in viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from gemini-like Rep plant and animal associated viruses, referring to the geminivirus Rep sequence (GRS) motif found in members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from Trapani, Italy, where Halorubrum pleomorphic virus 1, a member of the taxon, was discovered; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa

from the Latin calor, meaning heat, referring to the environmental conditions under which these viruses replicate; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

from the Latin camini, meaning chimneys, referring to the chimney-like deep sea hydrothermal vents in which Archaeoglobales and their viruses thrive; the suffix -vircetes for class taxa

a truncation of Archaeoglobus and Geoglobus, two genera of archaea that host viruses in the order; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from Thalassa, th Greek goddess of the sea, referring to the sample source, and from pleolipovirus; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Italian sale, meaning "salt", referencing the halophilic hosts of most pleolipovirids; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

from the Finnish huolimaton, meaning "sloppy", referencing the unmethodical assembly of pleolipovirions; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from Halorubrum pleomorphic virus 1, HRPV-1, a member of the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Ancient Greek πλεῖον (pleo), meaning "many", and λῐ́πος (lípos), meaning “animal fat”, referring to the pleomorphic shape and presence of an envelope in virions of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from ribo, for ribonucleic acid, referring to the genome of viruses in the realm; the suffix -viria for realm taxa

from the Greek ὀρθός (orthós) meaning "straight" or "true" and RNA for ribonucleic acid; the suffix -virae for kingdom taxa

from ambivirus(es), referring to the non-overlapping ambisense orientation of open reading frames in the genome of members of the taxon; the suffix ‑viricota for phylum taxa

to honour Suvi Sutela and Marc Forgia, the co-discoveres of ambiviruses in endomycorrhizal fungi; the suffix ‑viricetes for class taxa

from Cryphonectria and Tulasnella, referring to the host genera for fungi in which ambiviruses were first discovered; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa

from the Latin duo, meaning two, and ambivirus, referring to one of several families in the parent taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Latin quattuor, meaning four, and ambivirus, referring to one of several families in the parent taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Latin tria, meaning three, and ambivirus, referring to one of several families in the parent taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Latin unus, meaning "one", and ambivirus, referring to one of several families in the parent taxon; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Lithuanian artima, meaning close, and RT (phonetically "arti"), referring to the potential link to viral RTs; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

from the Latin furtivus, meaning hidden, secret, and RNA; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from diverse aquatic, referring to the environments in which viruses in the order were discovered; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from Hakuzo, the White elephant which is a signature of Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra in Buddhism), referring to the Fugen-dake, the largest volcano of the Mt. Unzen, the area where hot spring RNA virus 1 was discovered; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Italian duplo meaning "double" and RNA for ribonucleic acid, a reference to viruses in this phylum having double-stranded RNA genomes; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

from Chrysoviridae, Megabirnaviridae, and the now defunct Totiviridae, three virus families originally included in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

in honour of Said Ghabrial, a pioneer in the study of the viruses in this order; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet and the now defunct family Totiviridae (from the Latin toti, meaning "undivided" or "whole" ), one of the founding taxa of the order Ghabrivirales; the suffix ‑virineae for suborder taxa

from, Botrytis porri, the host of Botrytis porri RNA virus 1, and the bi-segmented dsRNA genome of members of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Greek chrysós meaning “gold”, derived from the specific epithet of Penicillium chrysogenum, the fungal host of Penicillium chrysogenum virus, a member of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Fusarium graminearum, host of Fusarium graminearum virus 3, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), meaning “great", and Birnaviridae, referring to the size of the bisegmented dsRNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from monocistronic toti-like viruses; referring to the genome organisation of members of the family and the relationship to totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthos), meaning “correct” or “straight”  and the Latin toti, meaning "undivided" or "whole",  referring to the mono-segmented dsRNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Phlebiopsis gigantea, the host of Phlebiopsis gigantea large virus 1, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudes), meaning"false" and the addition of the vowel o; referring to the earlier placement of members of the family in the now defunct Totiviridae; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Latin quattuor, meaning "four", referring to the quadripartite nature of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Spissistilus festinus and Circulifer tenellus, the hosts of the first reported viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta), the second letter of the Greek alphabet and the now defunct family Totiviridae, one of the founding taxa of the order Ghabrivirales; the suffix ‑virineae for suborder taxa

from arthropod totivirus, referring to the hosts of members in the family and the relationship to totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from Giardia lamblia, host of Giardia lamblia virus, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from insect toti-like virus, referring to the host of viruses in the family and the relationship to totiviruses; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from Leptopilina boulardi toti-like virus, a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa