Where does “histamine” come from?
Histamine is a coinage from German Histamin, formed from Greek histós meaning "tissue" and the chemical suffix -amine.
histamine (English): An amine, CHN, formed by decarboxylation of...
Definitions
- An amine, CHN, formed by decarboxylation of...
Ancestry of “histamine”, step by step
histamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English histidine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | histidine | An essential amino acid CHNO found in most animal... |
| 2 | English | -idine | Denotes a chemical compound containing a ring... |
| 3 | English | pyridine | Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds... |
| 4 | German | Pyridin | pyridine |
| 5 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |