Where does “theophylline” come from?
Theophylline comes from English -ine, Latin -inus, and Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, which expressed the sense of swelling or blooming.
theophylline (English): A bitter crystalline compound present in small...
Definitions
- A bitter crystalline compound present in small...
Ancestry of “theophylline”, step by step
theophylline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Thea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Thea | former tea plant genus; "Camellia"; former genus... |
| 2 | Dutch | thee | tea |
| 3 | Malay | teh | tea |
| 4 | Malay | putih | white |
| 5 | Classical Malay | putih | white |
| 6 | Proto-Malayic | putih | white |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)putiq | white |
via Ancient Greek φύλλον
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | φύλλον | leaf; foliage; plant |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃-yom | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |