Where does “sulfamethoxazole” come from?
Sulfamethoxazole derives from English sulfonamide and English isoxazole, with sulfonamide from English azole ultimately traceable through French alcohol to Arabic كحل, originally meaning a fine powder for darkening the eyes.
sulfamethoxazole (English): An antibacterial sulfonamide CHNO3S used alone or...
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- An antibacterial sulfonamide CHNO3S used alone or...
Ancestry of “sulfamethoxazole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | isoxazole | "1,2-oxazole", an isomer of oxazole with many... |
| 2 | English | oxazole | A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon... |
| 3 | English | -a- | And; Connective infix encountered in loanwords... |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |