Where does “capecitabine” come from?
capecitabine (English) comes from English pentyl, from English pentane, from English pent, from English pen, from English penetration, from Middle English penetracioun, from Old French penetracïon, from Latin penetrātiō — shoe.
capecitabine (English): An antineoplastic drug C15H22FN3O6 (trademark Xeloda) that is converted in the body to fluorouracil and is administered orally to treat colorectal cancers and often in conjunction with docetaxel to treat metastatic breast cancer
Definitions
- An antineoplastic drug C15H22FN3O6 (trademark Xeloda) that is converted in the body to fluorouracil and is administered orally to treat colorectal cancers and often in conjunction with docetaxel to treat metastatic breast cancer
Ancestry of “capecitabine”, step by step
capecitabine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pentyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pentyl | Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon... |
| 2 | English | pentane | An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula CH;... |
| 3 | English | pent | Confinement; concealment; Confined in a pen,... |
| 4 | English | pen | An enclosure used to contain domesticated... |
| 5 | English | penetration | The act of penetrating something; Specifically,... |
| 6 | Middle English | penetracioun | — |
| 7 | Old French | penetracïon | penetration (act, instance of penetrating) |
| 8 | Latin | penetrātiō | piercing, penetration |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
via English carboxylate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carboxylate | Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid; To form a... |
| 2 | English | -ate | having the specified thing; characterized by the... |
| 3 | English | -cy | Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | -cie | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tia | office, rank |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |