Where does “nitrofurantoin” come from?
nitrofurantoin (English) comes from English hydantoin, from English hydrogenation, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nitrofurantoin (English): A nitrofuran drug, 1-hydantoin, used in the...
Definitions
- A nitrofuran drug, 1-hydantoin, used in the...
Ancestry of “nitrofurantoin”, step by step
nitrofurantoin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hydantoin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hydantoin | The heterocycle "imidazolidine-2,4-dione" derived... |
| 2 | English | hydrogenation | The chemical reaction of hydrogen with another... |
| 3 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 4 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English nitrofuran
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nitrofuran | A class of drug, derived from furan, used to... |
| 2 | English | furan | Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds... |
| 3 | English | furfural | A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it... |
| 4 | English | -ál | Of 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 |
| 5 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 6 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 7 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 8 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 9 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 10 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 11 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |