Where does “mithralog” come from?
mithralog (English) comes from English analog, from French analogue, from Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
mithralog (English): Any analog of mithramycin
Definitions
- Any analog of mithramycin
Ancestry of “mithralog”, step by step
mithralog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English analog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | analog | in which the value of a data item is represented... |
| 2 | French | analogue | analogous |
| 3 | Latin | analogus | analogous, proportionate |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάλογος | proportionate |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via English mithramycin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mithramycin | Synonym of plicamycin |
| 2 | English | -mycin | Used to form names of antibiotics produced by... |
| 3 | English | streptomycin | An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic... |
| 4 | Translingual | Streptomyces | genus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στρεπτός | Easily twisted, pliant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στρέφω | to twist |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |