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Where does “-vastatin” come from?

-vastatin (English) comes from English -statin, from English -ín, from English in, from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in.

-vastatin (English): Used to form names of HMG-CoA reductase...

Definitions

  1. Used to form names of HMG-CoA reductase...

Ancestry of “-vastatin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-statinUsed to form the names of statin drugs
2English-ín—
3EnglishinUsed to indicate location, inclusion, or position...
4Middle EnglishinAny kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or...
5Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
6Proto-West Germanic*in—

Words derived from “-vastatin”

  • statin
  • somatostatin
  • simvastatin
  • somatostatinoma
  • melastatin
  • somatostatinergic
  • nonstatin
  • blebbistatin
  • -statin
  • compstatin
  • -vastatin
  • spliceostatin
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →