Where does “chemoantiviral” come from?

chemoantiviral (English) comes from English antiviral, from English viral, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.

chemoantiviral (English): Relating to antiviral chemotherapy

Definitions

  1. Relating to antiviral chemotherapy

Ancestry of “chemoantiviral”, step by step

chemoantiviral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English antiviral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiviralInhibiting the growth and reproduction of a...
2EnglishviralOf or relating to a biological virus; Caused by a...
3English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English chemo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchemoClipping of chemotherapy
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from English -álEvery word from Arabic كُحْل