Where does “pharma” come from?
Pharma comes from English pharmaceutical, from Ancient Greek pharmakeutikos meaning "of drugs or poisons," formed with the suffix -tikos.
pharma (English): The pharmaceutical or drug-making sector
Definitions
- The pharmaceutical or drug-making sector
Ancestry of “pharma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pharmaceutical | Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; A... |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |