History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Picornaviridae; Proposal: ICTV 1st Report; : ; ICTV Report: Picornaviridae; Reference: PMID: 21413259
an acronym from poliovirus, insensitivity to ether, coxsackievirus, orphan virus, rhinovirus, and ribonucleic acid; also, from the Spanish pico, meaning "a small balance" referring to a very small unit of measurement and RNA, describing the small RNA genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa