Where does “antipoxviral” come from?

antipoxviral (English) comes from English poxviral, from English viral, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.

antipoxviral (English): That counters poxviruses

Definitions

  1. That counters poxviruses

Ancestry of “antipoxviral”, step by step

antipoxviral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English poxviral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoxviralPertaining to poxvirus
2EnglishviralOf or relating to a biological virus; Caused by a...
3English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

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 Akkadian guḫlum
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