Where does “clindamycin” come from?
clindamycin (English) comes from English lincomycin, from English -mycin, from English streptomycin, from Translingual Streptomyces, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός, from Ancient Greek στρέφω, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.
clindamycin (English): A lincosamide antibiotic drug C18H33ClN2O5S, mostly used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria
Definitions
- A lincosamide antibiotic drug C18H33ClN2O5S, mostly used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria
Ancestry of “clindamycin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lincomycin | A lincosamide antibiotic derived from... |
| 2 | English | -mycin | Used to form names of antibiotics produced by... |
| 3 | English | streptomycin | An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic... |
| 4 | Translingual | Streptomyces | genus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στρεπτός | Easily twisted, pliant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στρέφω | to twist |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |