English Explanatory Dictionary

-antel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.

Word forms

-antel

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English ant- Ancient Greek ἕλμῐνς (hélmĭns)der. English helminth Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anthelmintic English -antel From anthelmintic (“against parasitic worms”), with simplification of the -nth- and truncation.

Related words

helminth
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