Where does “amphoterrible” come from?
amphoterrible (English) comes from English terrible, from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis, from Latin terreō, from Proto-Indo-European tres-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.
amphoterrible (English): The antifungal medication amphotericin B, known for its severe and potentially lethal side effects
Definitions
- The antifungal medication amphotericin B, known for its severe and potentially lethal side effects
Ancestry of “amphoterrible”, step by step
amphoterrible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English terrible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | terrible | Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear;... |
| 2 | Middle English | terrible | terrible |
| 3 | Old French | terrible | terrible |
| 4 | Latin | terribilis | frightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible |
| 5 | Latin | terreō | to frighten, terrify, alarm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tres- | to tremble |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via English amphotericin B
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amphotericin B | An antibiotic that is obtained from a soil streptomycete (Streptomyces nodosus) and is administered typically by intravenous injection chiefly to treat serious, potentially life-threatening, systemic fungal infections |