Where does “rifampicin” come from?
rifampicin (English) comes from English rifamycin, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.
rifampicin (English): A reddish-brown semisynthetic antibiotic C43H58N4O12 obtained from the bacterium Amycolaptosis mediterranei, used chiefly to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and asymptomatic carriers of meningococci
Definitions
- A reddish-brown semisynthetic antibiotic C43H58N4O12 obtained from the bacterium Amycolaptosis mediterranei, used chiefly to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and asymptomatic carriers of meningococci
Ancestry of “rifampicin”, step by step
rifampicin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rifamycin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rifamycin | Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially |
| 2 | English | amino- | Of amines and of the amino functional group |
| 3 | English | amine | A functional group formally derived from ammonia... |
| 4 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English piperazinyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piperazinyl | Any radical or cation derived from piperazine |
| 2 | English | piperazine | A saturated heterocyclic compound, CHN,... |
| 3 | German | Piperazin | — |