Etymology

beclometasone

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Today it means: A potent glucocorticoid steroid use to treat asthma. Full definition →

English betamethasone ← Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) ← Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  4. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  5. Englishchlo(ro)-
  6. Englishbetamethasone
  7. English todaybeclometasone

From chlo(ro)- + betamethasone.

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