Etymology of the English word cisplatin
the English word
cisplatinusing the English prefix
cis-derived from the Latin prefix
cis-derived from the Latin word
cisderived from the English word
platinumderived from the New Latin word
platinum (turntable)
derived from the Spanish word
platinaderived from the Spanish word
plataderived from the Vulgar Latin word
plattusderived from the Greek word
platus, πλατύς (flat; spread out 'flat' ('plot'); broad)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*plat-Date
The earliest known usage of cisplatin in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
