Where does “glicetanile” come from?

glicetanile (English) comes from English acetanilide, from English anilide, from English aniline, from English anil, from Portuguese anil, from Arabic نِيل, from Persian نیل, from Arabic نيل — to lead.

glicetanile (English): An antidiabetic drug

Definitions

  1. An antidiabetic drug

Ancestry of “glicetanile”, step by step

glicetanile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English acetanilide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishacetanilidethe amide derived from acetic acid and aniline;...
2EnglishanilideAny organic compound derived from an oxoacid by...
3EnglishanilineThe simplest aromatic amine, CHNH, synthesized by...
4EnglishanilThe indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from...
5Portugueseanilindigo
6Arabicنِيلindigo
7Persianنیلindigo
8Arabicنيلverbal noun of نَالَ; indigo; to colour indigo
9Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫indigo
10Sanskritनीलof a dark color
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead

via Proto-Indo-European glī-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanglī-mous
2Englishglio-Gliomatous; Glial; Embedded in a gelatinous...
3Ancient Greekγλίαglue
4Proto-Indo-European*gley-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neyH-Every word from Sanskrit नीलEvery word from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫