Where does “compstatin” come from?
compstatin (English) comes from English complement, from Latin complementum, from Latin compleō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
compstatin (English): A cyclic tridecapeptide that is used to treat...
Definitions
- A cyclic tridecapeptide that is used to treat...
Ancestry of “compstatin”, step by step
compstatin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English complement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | complement | Something that completes; the consummation; The... |
| 2 | Latin | complementum | complement |
| 3 | Latin | compleō | to fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English statin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | statin | Any of a class of drugs that lower the amount of... |
| 2 | English | -statin | Used to form the names of statin drugs |
| 3 | English | -ín | Attached to a word (usually a verb) to denote a protest, demonstration or other type of gathering characterized by the activity denoted by the base word |
| 4 | English | in | Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position... |
| 5 | Middle English | in | Any kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or... |
| 6 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |