Where does “demeclocycline” come from?
demeclocycline (English) comes from English chlortetracycline, from English tetracycline, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
demeclocycline (English): A broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic produced by an actinomycete Kitasatospora aureofaciens and used especially in the form of its hydrochloride C21H21ClN2O8·HCl
Definitions
- A broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic produced by an actinomycete Kitasatospora aureofaciens and used especially in the form of its hydrochloride C21H21ClN2O8·HCl
Ancestry of “demeclocycline”, step by step
demeclocycline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chlortetracycline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chlortetracycline | A particular tetracycline antibiotic |
| 2 | English | tetracycline | An antibiotic produced by the "Streptomyces"... |
| 3 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English desmethyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | desmethyl | From which a methyl group has been removed |
| 2 | English | des- | Obsolete form of dis-; removal of a group from a... |
| 3 | Middle English | dis- | dis-, de |
| 4 | Old French | des- | de-; dis- |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |