my 2yr old rugrat has just come out in them and i wondered why they are called that !
2007-03-09 03:42:16 · 6 answers · asked by ♥Honesty ♥.•´ `*.¸ ♥ 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Because your 2yr old rugrat is going to turn into a chicken and there's nothing you can do about it sorry lady
2007-03-09 03:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are many explanations offered for the origin of the name chickenpox:
the specks that appear looked as though the skin was pecked by chickens;
the disease was named after chick peas, from a supposed similarity in size of the seed to the lesions;
Samuel Johnson suggested that the disease was "no very great danger," thus a "chicken" version of the pox;
the term reflects a corruption of the Old English word, "giccin", which meant "itching".
2007-03-09 03:47:03 · answer #2 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"When chicken pox was first described, it was noted that the pox lesions looked more like they were placed upon the skin rather than being a part of the skin themselves. In fact, people long ago felt they looked like chick peas placed upon the skin. The Latin word for chick peas is cicer which is the original word that chicken pox got its name."
2007-03-09 03:48:58 · answer #3 · answered by clever nickname 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because years ago they derived from the chickens in a bulgarian town called poxaloki
2007-03-09 03:45:50 · answer #4 · answered by Nash Wolfe 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i suppose its because they look the skin of a chicken when its raw and skinned theres a similarity
2007-03-09 03:46:07 · answer #5 · answered by ladyluck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but I'm in my 50's and haven't had them yet....I always get a little paranoid when there's an outbreak......
2007-03-09 03:49:08 · answer #6 · answered by P-Nut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋