Where does “artemisinin” come from?
artemisinin (English) comes from English quinine, from French quinine, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
artemisinin (English): An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet...
Definitions
- An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet...
Ancestry of “artemisinin”, step by step
artemisinin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English quinine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quinine | A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived... |
| 2 | French | quinine | quinine |
| 3 | Spanish | quina | quinine; toxic wine; double five |
| 4 | Latin | quina | nominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | quini | five each; five at a time |
| 6 | Latin | quinque | five; 5 |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
via English artemisia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | artemisia | Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the... |
| 2 | Translingual | Artemisia | genus |
| 3 | Latin | artemisia | mugwort |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἀρτεμῑσῐ́ᾱ | — |