Where does “parent drug” come from?
parent drug (English) comes from English drug, from Middle English drogge, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī — to support; to hold.
parent drug (English): The initial compound in a biotransformation reaction, requiring metabolism for activation
Definitions
- The initial compound in a biotransformation reaction, requiring metabolism for activation
Ancestry of “parent drug”, step by step
parent drug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English drug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | drug | A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a... |
| 2 | Middle English | drogge | medicine |
| 3 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 5 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 7 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via English parent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parent | One of the two persons from whom one is... |
| 2 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 3 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Latin | parēns | parent, mother, father |
| 5 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |