Where does “purinoceptor” come from?

purinoceptor (English) comes from English purine, from German Purin, from Old French pur, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta — to live.

purinoceptor (English): Any of a family of plasma membrane substances...

Definitions

  1. Any of a family of plasma membrane substances...

Ancestry of “purinoceptor”, step by step

purinoceptor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English purine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpurineAny of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds,...
2GermanPurin
3Old Frenchpurpure; Alternative form of por
4Old FrenchautreAlternative form of altre; other
5Old Frenchvielife
6Old Frenchviḍe
7Latinvitamaccusative singular of vīta
8Latinvītalife
9Latinvīvōto live
10Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
11Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
12Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via English ‐o‐

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English‐o‐
2English-primUsed to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as
3EnglishtrimethoprimA synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and...
4EnglishtrimethoxyThree methoxy groups in a molecule
5EnglishmethoxyThe univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol
6Englishoxy-Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning...
7EnglishoxygenThe chemical element with an atomic number of 8...
8Frenchoxygèneoxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##...
9Ancient Greekγένοςoffspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race
10Proto-Hellenicgénosfamily; race
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English ceptor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishceptorA receptor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti