Where does “阿莫西林” come from?

阿莫西林 (Chinese) comes from English amoxicillin, from English ampicillin, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

阿莫西林 (Chinese): amoxicillin

Definitions

  1. amoxicillin

Ancestry of “阿莫西林”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamoxicillinA moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam...
2EnglishampicillinA semisynthetic form of penicillin C16H19N3O4S that is effective against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and is used to treat infections of the urinary, respiratory, and intestinal tracts
3Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂