Where does “lapachone” come from?
lapachone (English) comes from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
lapachone (English): Any of a small group of quinones, isolated from the bark of the lapacho tree, that have chemopreventive properties
Definitions
- Any of a small group of quinones, isolated from the bark of the lapacho tree, that have chemopreventive properties
Ancestry of “lapachone”, step by step
lapachone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English One
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | One | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number |
| 2 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 3 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English lapacho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lapacho | A herbal tea made from the inner bark of the tree... |