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Where does “antiinfective” come from?

antiinfective (English) comes from English infective, from English infect, from Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, from Latin īnficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

antiinfective (English): antiinfection; A drug that prevents or...

Definitions

  1. antiinfection; A drug that prevents or...

Ancestry of “antiinfective”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinfectiveAble to cause infection; infectious; A person who...
2EnglishinfectTo bring into contact with a substance that...
3Middle Frenchinfect—
4Latininfectusnot done, undone; unfinished; impossible
5Latinīnficiō—
6Latinfaciō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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