English
brassinazole
Brassinazole comes from Latin brassica ‘especially cabbage, but including cauliflower…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbrassica‘especially cabbage, but including cauliflower and other varieties of Brassica oleracea’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015brassinazole
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbrassica‘especially cabbage, but including cauliflower and other varieties of Brassica oleracea’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015brassinazole
Earliest quotation: 2015, Man-Ho Oh et al.: “Seedlings were grown in liquid culture for 7 days,…”
Formed from brassine + -azole
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
saw, design, ship, sign, seal, sack, sawyer, scarlet, sax, scythe, shingle, sich, sedge, sigil, desiccation, sain, desiccant, 59 more
through Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
sexuality, homosexual, dissection, 18 more
through Latin secō ‘to cut, to cut off’
sex, risk, section, sexual, segment, insect, het, sickle, dissect, seg, 21 more
Today it means
noun The triazole β-[(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]-α-methyl-α-phenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol that inhibits brassinosteroid biosynthesis
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin brassica / brassinazole