Where does “diflucortolone” come from?
diflucortolone (English) comes from English fluocortolone, from English -olone, from English prednisolone, from English prednisone, from English cortisone, from English corticosterone, from English -sterone, from English -one — ate.
Ancestry of “diflucortolone”, step by step
diflucortolone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluocortolone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluocortolone | A glucocorticoid |
| 2 | English | -olone | Used to form names of steroids or steroidlike drugs that are not prednisolone derivatives |
| 3 | English | prednisolone | A synthetic glucocorticoid CHO that is a... |
| 4 | English | prednisone | A glucocorticoid CHO that is a dehydrogenated... |
| 5 | English | cortisone | A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to... |
| 6 | English | corticosterone | A corticosteroid hormone, produced in the adrenal... |
| 7 | English | -sterone | Steroid hormone; Used to form names of... |
| 8 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 9 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 10 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 11 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 12 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 13 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 14 | French | -ate | ate |
via English difluoro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | difluoro | Two fluorine atoms in a molecule |
| 2 | English | fluoro | A fluorescent light; Of a fluorescent colour |
| 3 | English | -o | A colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can... |
| 4 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 5 | Middle English | O | — |
| 6 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 7 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 8 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 10 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 11 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |