Where does “-prilat” come from?
-prilat (English) comes from English -pril, from English captopril, from English mercapto-, from English mercaptan, from German Mercaptan, from Latin captans, from Latin captō, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
-prilat (English): Used to form names of diacid analogs of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
Definitions
- Used to form names of diacid analogs of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
Ancestry of “-prilat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -pril | Used to form names of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors |
| 2 | English | captopril | An ACE inhibitor used to treat hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure |
| 3 | English | mercapto- | an organosulfur compound that contains a... |
| 4 | English | mercaptan | Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, (R-SH) where R represents an alkyl or other organic substituent. They tend to be foul-smelling. They are also termed thiols or thioalcohols |
| 5 | German | Mercaptan | mercaptan |
| 6 | Latin | captans | capturing |
| 7 | Latin | captō | to strive to seize, catch or grasp at |
| 8 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |