Where does “monoresistant” come from?

monoresistant (English) comes from English resistant, from French résistant, from French résister, from Latin resistere, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

monoresistant (English): resistant to a single antibiotic

Definitions

  1. resistant to a single antibiotic

Ancestry of “monoresistant”, step by step

monoresistant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English resistant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishresistantA person who resists; especially a member of a...
2Frenchrésistantresistant; present participle of résister
3Frenchrésisterto resist
4Latinresisterepresent active infinitive of resistō
5Latinsisteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstísteh₂tito be standing up, to be getting up
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via English mono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonoClipping of mononucleosis; A bicycle or...
2Englishmono-API; one, single, only
3Ancient Greekμονο-one; mono-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂tiEvery word from Latin sistere
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