Where does “alkylpurine” come from?

alkylpurine (English) comes from English purine, from German Purin, from Old French pur, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta — to live.

alkylpurine (English): Any C- or N-alkyl derivative of a purine; some of...

Definitions

  1. Any C- or N-alkyl derivative of a purine; some of...

Ancestry of “alkylpurine”, step by step

alkylpurine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English purine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpurineAny of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds,...
2GermanPurin
3Old Frenchpurpure; Alternative form of por
4Old FrenchautreAlternative form of altre; other
5Old Frenchvielife
6Old Frenchviḍe
7Latinvitamaccusative singular of vīta
8Latinvītalife
9Latinvīvōto live
10Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
11Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
12Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via English alkyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalkylAny of a series of univalent radicals of the...
2EnglishalcoholAny of a class of organic compounds containing a...
3FrenchalcoholAlternative spelling of alcool
4Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
5Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
6Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
7Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti