Where does “bekanamycin” come from?
bekanamycin (English) comes from English b, from Old English B, from Latin B, from Etruscan 𐌁, from Ancient Greek β, from Phoenician 𐤁, from Egyptian 𓉐.
bekanamycin (English): A particular aminoglycoside antibiotic
Definitions
- A particular aminoglycoside antibiotic
Ancestry of “bekanamycin”, step by step
bekanamycin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English b
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | b | The ordinal number second, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | B | — |
| 3 | Latin | B | — |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌁 | be |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | β | Lower-case beta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiced bilabial plosive: and later the voiced labiodental fricative. It is preceded by α and followed by γ |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤁 | bet; beth; house |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓉐 | — |
via English kanamycin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kanamycin | A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis |