Where does “dihydroartemisinin” come from?

dihydroartemisinin (English) comes from English artemisinin, from English quinine, from French quinine, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe — five.

dihydroartemisinin (English): An antimalarial drug, the active metabolite of...

Definitions

  1. An antimalarial drug, the active metabolite of...

Ancestry of “dihydroartemisinin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishartemisininAn antimalarial drug derived from the sweet...
2EnglishquinineA bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived...
3Frenchquininequinine
4Spanishquinaquinine; toxic wine; double five
5Latinquinanominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative...
6Latinquinifive each; five at a time
7Latinquinquefive; 5
8Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷeEvery word from Latin quinque