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Where does “iodoquinine” come from?

iodoquinine (English) comes from English quinine, from French quinine, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

iodoquinine (English): An iodide of quinine, the base of herapathite

Definitions

  1. An iodide of quinine, the base of herapathite

Ancestry of “iodoquinine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquinineA bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived...
2Frenchquininequinine
3Spanishquinaquinine; toxic wine; double five
4Latinquinanominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative...
5Latinquinifive each; five at a time
6Latinquinquefive; 5
7Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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