Where does “hydroxyquinoline” come from?
hydroxyquinoline (English) comes from English quinoline, from English quinine, from French quinine, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe — five.
hydroxyquinoline (English): Any of several isomeric phenols derived from...
Definitions
- Any of several isomeric phenols derived from...
Ancestry of “hydroxyquinoline”, step by step
hydroxyquinoline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quinoline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quinoline | Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds... |
| 2 | English | quinine | A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived... |
| 3 | French | quinine | quinine |
| 4 | Spanish | quina | quinine; toxic wine; double five |
| 5 | Latin | quina | nominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | quini | five each; five at a time |
| 7 | Latin | quinque | five; 5 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
via English hydroxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hydroxy | Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical; Clipping... |
| 2 | English | Oxy | Occidental College |
| 3 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 4 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |