Where does “bioavailability” come from?
Bioavailability is a modern English compound of bio- and availability, which derives from English avail, Latin ad, Latin habere meaning "to have," and the suffix Latin -itas.
bioavailability (English): The amount of drug which reaches the site of...
Definitions
- The amount of drug which reaches the site of...
Ancestry of “bioavailability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | availability | The quality of being available; That which is... |
| 2 | English | available | Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of... |
| 3 | English | avail | To turn to the advantage of; To be of service to;... |
| 4 | Middle English | availen | to be of use |
| 5 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | A | — |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |