Where does “mifépristone” come from?
mifépristone (French) comes from English mifepristone, from English estradiol, from English diol, from English ol, from Japanese OL, from Japanese オフィスレディー, from Japanese オフィス, from English Office — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
mifépristone (French): mifepristone
Definitions
- mifepristone
Ancestry of “mifépristone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mifepristone | A steroid medication that inhibits the action of progesterone, typically given orally in combination with misoprostol in early pregnancy to induce abortion |
| 2 | English | estradiol | A natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic... |
| 3 | English | diol | any organic compound having two hydroxy... |
| 4 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 5 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 6 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | an "office lady" |
| 7 | Japanese | オフィス | office (building or room) |
| 8 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 9 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 10 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 11 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 12 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 13 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 14 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 15 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 16 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 17 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |