Where does “cloxacillin” come from?
cloxacillin (English) comes from English oxacillin, from English isoxazole, from English oxazole, from English -a-, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia — in.
cloxacillin (English): A semisynthetic antibiotic C19H18ClN3O5S in the same class as penicillin, effective especially against staphylococci which secrete beta-lactamase
Definitions
- A semisynthetic antibiotic C19H18ClN3O5S in the same class as penicillin, effective especially against staphylococci which secrete beta-lactamase
Ancestry of “cloxacillin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oxacillin | A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic related... |
| 2 | English | isoxazole | "1,2-oxazole", an isomer of oxazole with many... |
| 3 | English | oxazole | A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon... |
| 4 | English | -a- | And; Connective infix encountered in loanwords... |
| 5 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 6 | English | avie | emulously |
| 7 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 8 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 9 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 10 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |