Where does “adriamycin” come from?

adriamycin (English) comes from English Adriatic, from Latin hadriaticum.

adriamycin (English): An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer...

Definitions

  1. An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer...

Ancestry of “adriamycin”, step by step

adriamycin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Adriatic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAdriaticOf or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
2Latinhadriaticum—

via English hydroxydaunomycin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhydroxydaunomycin—
Every word from Latin hadriaticum →Every word from English Adriatic →