Where does “pharmacokinetics” come from?
Pharmacokinetics derives from Ancient Greek pharmákōn (drug) and Ancient Greek κινητικός, from κινέω (to move), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-.
pharmacokinetics (English): A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate...
Definitions
- A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate...
Ancestry of “pharmacokinetics”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kinetics | The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κινητικός | of or for putting in motion; moveable, mobile |
| 3 | Spanish | -ico | Added to nouns to form adjectives; -ic; Usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -icum | nominative neuter singular of -icus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |