Where does “nifurquinazol” come from?

nifurquinazol (English) comes from English nifur-, from English nitrofuran, from English furan, from English furfural, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol — kohl, antimony paste.

nifurquinazol (English): An antibacterial agent of the nitrofuran class

Definitions

  1. An antibacterial agent of the nitrofuran class

Ancestry of “nifurquinazol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnifur-Used to form names of [[nitrofuran
2EnglishnitrofuranA class of drug, derived from furan, used to...
3EnglishfuranAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
4EnglishfurfuralA heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it...
5English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
6EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
7GermanAldehydaldehyde
8Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
9Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
10Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
11Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
12Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum