Where does “trimoxazole” come from?
trimoxazole (English) comes from English sulfamethoxazole, from English isoxazole, from English oxazole, from English -a-, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia — in.
trimoxazole (English): A combination of trimethoprim and...
Definitions
- A combination of trimethoprim and...
Ancestry of “trimoxazole”, step by step
trimoxazole traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sulfamethoxazole
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sulfamethoxazole | An antibacterial sulfonamide CHNO3S used alone or... |
| 2 | English | isoxazole | "1,2-oxazole", an isomer of oxazole with many... |
| 3 | English | oxazole | A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon... |
| 4 | English | -a- | And; Connective infix encountered in loanwords... |
| 5 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 6 | English | avie | emulously |
| 7 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 8 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 9 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 10 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English trimethoprim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trimethoprim | A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and... |
| 2 | English | trimethoxy | Three methoxy groups in a molecule |
| 3 | English | methoxy | The univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol |
| 4 | English | oxy- | Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning... |
| 5 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 6 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |