English
mitomycin
Mitomycin comes from Ancient Greek μίτος ‘thread of the warp’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμίτοςmítos‘thread of the warp’
- Englishtodaymitomycin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμίτοςmítos‘thread of the warp’
- Englishtodaymitomycin
A compound of mito- ‘nucleotoxic agent’ + -mycin ‘antibiotic derived from Streptomyces’
Ancient Greek μίτος ‘thread of the warp’
English mito-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
mean, met, community, common, minister, commission, minute, mess, communication, meal, ministry, menu, mutual, minor, communist, immune, mere, communicate, missile, min, compromise, commit, ammunition, immunity, mole, dismiss, communism, premise, minus, communal, mural, ammo, municipality, communion, mayhem, noodle, moor, remuneration, commune, intermittent, 78 more
through Ancient Greek μίτος ‘thread of the warp’
Today it means
noun Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μίτος / mitomycin