Where does “paricalcitol” come from?
paricalcitol (English) comes from English calcitriol, from English triol, from English ol, from Japanese OL, from Japanese オフィスレディー, from Japanese オフィス, from English Office, from Middle English office — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
paricalcitol (English): An analog of calcitriol (the active form of vitamin D) that is used for the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism
Definitions
- An analog of calcitriol (the active form of vitamin D) that is used for the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism
Ancestry of “paricalcitol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calcitriol | A physiologically active metabolic derivative CHO... |
| 2 | English | triol | Any trihydroxy alcohol |
| 3 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 4 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 5 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | an "office lady" |
| 6 | Japanese | オフィス | office (building or room) |
| 7 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 8 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 9 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 10 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 11 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 12 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 13 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 14 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 15 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 16 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |