Where does “chloroquine” come from?
Chloroquine is a twentieth-century English compound of chloro- and quinoline, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃-.
chloroquine (English): A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent...
Definitions
- A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent...
Ancestry of “chloroquine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -quine | Used to form names of quinoline derivatives |
| 2 | English | quinoline | Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds... |
| 3 | English | quinine | A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived... |
| 4 | French | quinine | quinine |
| 5 | Spanish | quina | quinine; toxic wine; double five |
| 6 | Latin | quina | nominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | quini | five each; five at a time |
| 8 | Latin | quinque | five; 5 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |