Where does “glitazone” come from?
glitazone (English) comes from Proto-Indo-European glī-, from English glio-, from Ancient Greek γλία, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.
Ancestry of “glitazone”, step by step
glitazone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Indo-European glī-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | glī- | mous |
| 2 | English | glio- | Gliomatous; Glial; Embedded in a gelatinous... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γλία | glue |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *gley- | — |
via English thiazolidinedione
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thiazolidinedione | Any of a class of drugs, used to treat diabetes, containing a five-membered heterocyclic ring containing a nitrogen and a sulfur atom and two carbonyl groups |
| 2 | English | thiazolidine | A saturated, five-membered heterocycle containing... |