Where does “antiplatelet” come from?
Antiplatelet comes from English plate and the Ancient Greek prefix ἀντί meaning "against," combined with the diminutive suffix -et from Middle French, ultimately from Latin plattus and Ancient Greek πλατύς meaning "broad."
antiplatelet (English): Working against or destroying blood platelets; A...
Definitions
- Working against or destroying blood platelets; A...
Ancestry of “antiplatelet”, step by step
antiplatelet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English platelet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | platelet | A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in... |
| 2 | English | plate | A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which... |
| 3 | Old French | plate | a flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | plata | silver |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |