Herpes
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late Middle English (originally used also of other skin conditions): via Latin from Greek herpēs ‘shingles’, literally ‘creeping’, from herpein ‘to creep’.
wiktionary
From Latin herpes, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης(hérpēs, “herpes; literally, a creeping”), from ἕρπειν(hérpein, “to creep”).
etymonline
herpes (n.)
late 14c., "any inflammatory, spreading skin condition" (used of shingles, gangrene, etc.), from Latin herpes "a spreading skin eruption," from Greek herpes, the name for the disease shingles, literally "creeping," from herpein "to creep, move slowly" (cognate with Latin serpere "to creep;" see serpent). The condition was not distinguished into specific diseases until early 19c.
