English
antiphlogistic
Antiphlogistic comes from Ancient Greek φλόξ ‘flame’, from φλέγω ‘burn’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to blaze, burn’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰlegōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφλέγωphlégō‘burn’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφλόξ‘flame’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845antiphlogistic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to blaze, burn’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰlegōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφλέγωphlégō‘burn’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφλόξ‘flame’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845antiphlogistic
Earliest quotation: 1845, Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science: “Inflammatory glossocele must be combated by antiphlogistics.”
Formed from anti- + φλόξ ‘flame’ + -istic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blaze, burn’
ball, bowl, bell, bull, bold, flame, bald, boil, blaze, bale, blush, blur, blizzard, bleach, budge, bolster, sabha, blemish, bola, bolero, blithe, phallus, blain, bleat, 72 more
through Proto-Hellenic *pʰlegō
through Ancient Greek φλέγω ‘burn’
through Ancient Greek φλόξ ‘flame’
Today it means
adj Counteracting inflammation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- / antiphlogistic