Etymology

pyrimethamine

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Today it means: A synthetic compound derived from pyrimidine, acting as a folic acid antagonist and used in the chemoprophylaxis or treatment of malaria and in the treatment of toxoplasmosis. Full definition →

English (di)amine ← German Ethy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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  1. GermanPyrimidin
  2. Englishpyrim(idine)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  5. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  6. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  7. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  8. Latinaethēr
  9. GermanÄther
  10. GermanEther
  11. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  13. GermanEthy
  14. Englishethyl
  15. Englisheth-
  16. English(di)amine
  17. English todaypyrimethamine

From pyrim(idine) + eth- + (di)amine.

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