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Where does “nonantiretroviral” come from?

nonantiretroviral (English) comes from English antiretroviral, from English retroviral, from English viral, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول.

nonantiretroviral (English): Not antiretroviral

Definitions

  1. Not antiretroviral

Ancestry of “nonantiretroviral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiretroviralThat combats infection by retroviruses; An agent...
2EnglishretroviralOf or pertaining to a retrovirus
3EnglishviralOf or relating to a biological virus; Caused by a...
4English-ál—
5EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
6GermanAldehydaldehyde
7Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
8Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
9Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
10Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
11Akkadianguḫlum—
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