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Where does “-amivir” come from?

-amivir (English) comes from English -vir, from English virus, from Latin vīrus, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

-amivir (English): a neuraminidase inhibitor

Definitions

  1. a neuraminidase inhibitor

Ancestry of “-amivir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-vir"abacavir", "ritonavir", "tenofovir", "adefovir",...
2EnglishvirusA submicroscopic, non-cellular structure...
3Latinvīrus—
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “-amivir”

  • oseltamivir
  • Tamiflu
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