Where does “furbucillin” come from?

furbucillin (English) comes from English furan, from English furfural, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.

furbucillin (English): A penicillin antibiotic

Definitions

  1. A penicillin antibiotic

Ancestry of “furbucillin”, step by step

furbucillin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English furan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfuranAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
2EnglishfurfuralA heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it...
3English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English isobutyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishisobutylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from...
2EnglishisobutanolThe aliphatic alcohol 2-methyl-1-propanol that is used as a solvent and in organic synthesis
3EnglishbutanolAny of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, CH-OH
4English-olAn alcohol or phenol; Indicating an oily...
5Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
6Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
7Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
8Proto-Hellenicelaíwā
9Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum