Where does “carbenicillin” come from?
carbenicillin (English) comes from English carboxy, from English carboxyl, from English carbonyl, from English carbon, from English budget, from Middle English bogett, from Old French bougette, from Old French bouge.
carbenicillin (English): A broad-spectrum semisynthetic form of penicillin C17H18N2O6S used to treat infection by Gram-negative bacteria (as pseudomonas)
Definitions
- A broad-spectrum semisynthetic form of penicillin C17H18N2O6S used to treat infection by Gram-negative bacteria (as pseudomonas)
Ancestry of “carbenicillin”, step by step
carbenicillin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carboxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carboxy | The carboxyl group |
| 2 | English | carboxyl | A univalent functional group consisting of a... |
| 3 | English | carbonyl | In organic chemistry, a divalent functional... |
| 4 | English | carbon | The chemical element with an atomic number of 6.... |
| 5 | English | budget | The amount of money or resources earmarked for a... |
| 6 | Middle English | bogett | — |
| 7 | Old French | bougette | — |
| 8 | Old French | bouge | sack; purse; small bag |
| 9 | Latin | bulga | knapsack, wallet, satchel; wallet, purse; womb |
| 10 | Gaulish | bolgā | bag, sack |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | bolgos | sack, bag; stomach |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English benzylpenicillin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | benzylpenicillin | A narrow-spectrum penicillin antibiotic |
| 2 | English | penicillin | Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics... |
| 3 | Translingual | Penicillium | genus |
| 4 | Latin | pēnicillum | A painter's brush |
| 5 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |