Etymology

myxopyronin

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Today it means: Any of several naturally-occurring antibiotics obtained from myxobacteria Full definition →

English pyronin ← Ancient Greek μῠ́ξᾰ (mŭ́xă) ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
  2. Ancient Greekμῠ́ξᾰ (mŭ́xă)
  3. Englishmyxo-
  4. Englishpyronin
  5. English todaymyxopyronin

From myxo- + pyronin.

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