Where does “metacycline” come from?
metacycline (English) comes from English oxytetracycline, from English tetracycline, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
metacycline (English): A semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic C22H22N2O8 with longer duration of action than most other tetracyclines used in the treatment of gonorrhea especially in penicillin-sensitive subjects and as a precursor in the industrial synthesis of doxycycline
Definitions
- A semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic C22H22N2O8 with longer duration of action than most other tetracyclines used in the treatment of gonorrhea especially in penicillin-sensitive subjects and as a precursor in the industrial synthesis of doxycycline
Ancestry of “metacycline”, step by step
metacycline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English oxytetracycline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oxytetracycline | A tetracycline antibiotic that works by... |
| 2 | English | tetracycline | An antibiotic produced by the "Streptomyces"... |
| 3 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English methylidene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | methylidene | The CH= radical in which the free valences are... |