Etymology

from the Japanese Ukonko (鬱金香), meaning "tulip", referring to the host of a member of the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek περί (perí), meaning "around", and Bunyamwera virus, a member of the family named after Bunyamwera village (Uganda) where the virus was first isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the genus name Orthophasmavirus, referring to phantom midges, host of the first isolated viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the genus name Orthotospovirus (from tomato spotted wilt virus),  a genus in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Tulasnella, the genus of the host fungus of Tulasnella bunyavirales-like virus 1, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Basque harea meaning “sand”, referring to arenavirids (arena being Spanish for sand) and sandfly-borne phenuivirids, viruses in the order; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa

from the Spanish arena, meaning “sand", referring to the appearance of mammarenavirus particles observed by electron-microscopy; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from DiscVir, the name of the software used to discover some viruses of this family and addition of the vowel o; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Leishmania and bunyavirus, referring to a genus of Trypanosomatidae, that includes the host of isolation of Leptomonas moramango virus, and the order Bunyavirales, which includes the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Húběi myriapoda virus 5, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Orthonairovirus, a genus in the family, referring to Nairobi (Kenya) where Nairobi sheep disease virus, a member of the family, was first isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the genus Phlebovirus, referring to phlebotomine vectors of sandfly fever group viruses, derived from the Ancient Greek φλέψ (phléps), meaning “vein”, and  the genus Tenuivirus, from the Latin tenuis,  meaning “thin”, describing the virion morphology of viruses in the genus, both genera in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

frfom Wǔhàn millipede virus 2, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Alphainfluenzavirus, Isavirus and Thogotovirus, three genera in the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from the Latin articulata, meaning "segmented", referring to the segmented genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

phonetically from the Hebrew אַמְנוּן (amnun) for the fish tilapia, referring to tilapia lake virus, a member of this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthos), meaning “correct” or “straight” and the Ancient Greek μύξα, (mýxa), meaning "mucus", referring to infection of the respiratory mucosa by viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, Florida, USA, where the first member of the family was isolated; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from picornavirus supergroup, referring to a historical name for some members of the taxon; the suffix -viricota for phylum taxa

from the Italian duplo meaning "double" (a reference to double-stranded RNA) and picobirnaviruses, members of the taxon; the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from the Italian duplo meaning "double" (a reference to double-stranded) and RNA for ribonucleaic acid, referring to the RNA genome of viruses in the taxon; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from the Medieval Latin amalgama, meaning "mercury alloy", referring to the fact that viruses of the family blend (or alloy) the properties of the viruses in the Partitiviridae (re: phylogeny) and the obsolete taxon Totiviridae (re: genome organization); the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Curvularia protuberata, host of the first characterized virus in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Fusarium graminearum, the host of the first virus characterized in this family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from hypovirulence, referring to the fact that some members of the family can induce hypovirulence to host fungi; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Latin partitius,  meaning “divided”, referring to the  bisegmented dsRNA genomes of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Greek pico, meaning “small”, the Latin prefix bi, meaning “two” and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the bisegmented dsRNA viral genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the names of the founding orders (Picornavirales, Sobelivirales, Nidovirales); the suffix -viricetes for class taxa

from the Latin nidus, meaning "nest", referring to the nested set of subgenomic mRNAs produced during replication of viruses in the taxon, with the addition of the vowel o ; the suffix -virales for order taxa

from Abyssoviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

from the word abyss, referring to the aquatic environment where Aplysia californica, the host of Aplysia abyssovirus 1, is found and the addition of the vowel o; to the Sumerian god of watery depths Abzu, and to the discovery of Aplysia abyssovirus 1 in an RNA transcriptome obtained by “deep” sequencing technology; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Arteriviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

from the name of a disease in horses, arteritis, caused by equine arteritis virus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

in part referring to Mauremys megalocephala, the host of the chinese broadheaded pond turtle arterivirus, a member of the virus family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear

from Guandong greater green snake arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Hain oligodonformosanus arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Coronaviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

from the Latin corona, meaning “halo”, referring to the appearance of virion surface projections on viruses of the family, which create an image reminiscent of the solar corona; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Mesoniviridae and Nidovirales, two taxa in the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

from the Latin medius, meaning “middle”, and Nidovirales, referring to the  genome size of viruses in the family, relative to other nidoviruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from the Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), meaning "middle", and Nidovirales, referring to the  genome size of viruses in the family, relative to other nidoviruses; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Mononiviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

from the Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos), meaning “sole" or "single” and Nidovirales, referring to the single open reading frame organisation of the genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Nanghoshaviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the suborder; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

from Nanhai ghost shark arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

in part referring to Hyporhamphus sajori, the host of Wuhan japanese halfbeak arterivirus, a member of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear

from Roniviridae and Nidovirales, child and parent taxa of the taxon; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa

from the Ancient Greek εὖ (eû), meaning “well" or "good”, and Roniviridae; the suffix -viridae for family taxa; derivation unclear

from rod-shaped nidovirus, referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

from Tobaniviridae, the consonant r and Nidovirales, two taxa in the taxon and a consonant; the suffix -virineae for suborder taxa