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Where does “xanthine” come from?

Xanthine comes from French xanthine, derived from Ancient Greek ξανθός meaning "yellow."

xanthine (English): Any of a group of alkaloids that include...

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of alkaloids that include...

Ancestry of “xanthine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchxanthinexanthine
2French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
3French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle French-é—
5Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “xanthine”

  • zeaxanthin
  • xanthin
  • cryptoxanthin
  • neoxanthin
  • methylxanthine
  • xanthinuria
  • luteoxanthin
  • uroxanthin
  • paraxanthin
  • phycoxanthin
  • nonxanthine
  • xanthinuric
  • xanthylic
  • xanthyl
  • methylxanthinic
  • ilixanthin
  • xanthinic
  • staphyloxanthin
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