Where does “antipersister” come from?

antipersister (English) comes from English persister, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

antipersister (English): Describing an antibiotic that targets organisms that are tolerant to normal antibiotics

Definitions

  1. Describing an antibiotic that targets organisms that are tolerant to normal antibiotics

Ancestry of “antipersister”, step by step

antipersister traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English persister

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpersisterSomething that persists; Any organism that...
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-ārefirst conjugation
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via English anti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiOpposed to something; That has a torsion angle...
2Englishanti-Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;...
3Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Chichewa iye