Where does “oxazolidinone” come from?

oxazolidinone (English) comes from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

oxazolidinone (English): Any of a class of heterocyclic ketones, derived...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of heterocyclic ketones, derived...

Ancestry of “oxazolidinone”, step by step

oxazolidinone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English One

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOneThe number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
2Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English oxazolidine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoxazolidineA saturated heterocycle containing three carbon...

Words derived from “oxazolidinone

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an