Where does “antiinflammatory” come from?
Antiinflammatory derives from English inflammatory with the prefix anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντί meaning "against," itself from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti.
antiinflammatory (English): Alternative spelling of anti-inflammatory
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of anti-inflammatory
Ancestry of “antiinflammatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inflammatory | Tending to inflame or provoke somebody; Relating... |
| 2 | English | inflame | To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn,... |
| 3 | Middle English | enflaumen | — |
| 4 | Old French | enflammer | to inflame |
| 5 | Latin | inflammo | I ignite, inflame; I excite |
| 6 | Latin | flammo | I flame, blaze, burn; I inflame, set on fire; I... |
| 7 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 8 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |