Etymograph

English

allicin

From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -cin (“produced by bacteria”, modeled after -mycin, -cin).

Formed from allium ‘garlic’ + -cin ‘produced by bacteria’

Latin allium ‘late form of ālium’

Taxonomic Latin Allium

English allium

Today it means

noun An organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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