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johnjo | 12:45 Tue 13th Feb 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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It is true that 'influenza' means 'caught from the stars'?
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Influenza, which is Italian for 'influence', means a disease which is influenced by the stars - or so it was believed. It was first used in English in 1743 in the London Magazine: 'news from Rome of a contagious Distemper raging there, called the Influenza.'
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