Where does “flurithromycin” come from?
flurithromycin (English) comes from English erythromycin, from English -mycin, from English streptomycin, from Translingual Streptomyces, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός, from Ancient Greek στρέφω, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.
flurithromycin (English): A macrolide antibiotic, a fluorinated derivative of erythromycin
Definitions
- A macrolide antibiotic, a fluorinated derivative of erythromycin
Ancestry of “flurithromycin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | erythromycin | Any of a class of macrolide antibiotics produced... |
| 2 | English | -mycin | Used to form names of antibiotics produced by... |
| 3 | English | streptomycin | An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic... |
| 4 | Translingual | Streptomyces | genus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στρεπτός | Easily twisted, pliant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στρέφω | to twist |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |