Where does “dihydrostreptomycin” come from?
dihydrostreptomycin (English) comes from English streptomycin, from Translingual Streptomyces, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός, from Ancient Greek στρέφω, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.
dihydrostreptomycin (English): A particular antibiotic
Definitions
- A particular antibiotic
Ancestry of “dihydrostreptomycin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | streptomycin | An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic... |
| 2 | Translingual | Streptomyces | genus |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στρεπτός | Easily twisted, pliant |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στρέφω | to twist |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |