Etymology

acrisorcin

A1C3R1I1S1O1R1C3I1N1

Today it means: A topical antiinfective, typically used as a fungicide, whose active ingredients are 9-aminoacridine and 4-hexylresorcinol. Full definition →

English resorcin ← French orcine ← New Latin orcina
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The story

  1. Englishacridine
  2. Ancient Greekῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)
  3. Latinrēsīna
  4. Old Frenchrésine
  5. Middle Englishresyn
  6. Englishresin
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  9. Proto-Italic*ausis
  10. Latinauris
  11. Latinauricula
  12. Latinōricula
  13. Italianoricello
  14. Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
  15. Old Catalanorxella
  16. Old Frenchorchel
  17. Frenchorseille
  18. Dutchorseille
  19. New Latinorcina
  20. Frenchorcine
  21. Englishorcin
  22. Englishresorcin
  23. English todayacrisorcin

Blend of acridine + resorcin.

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