Where does “美沙冬” come from?

美沙冬 (Chinese) comes from English methadone, from English dimethylamino, from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é.

美沙冬 (Chinese): methadone

Definitions

  1. methadone

Ancestry of “美沙冬”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethadoneA powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is...
2EnglishdimethylaminoThe univalent radical N- derived from...
3EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
4Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
5EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
6English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
7French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
8Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂