Where does “-traline” come from?

-traline (English) comes from English tetralin, from English tetrahydronaphthalene, from English naphthalene, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول — kohl, antimony paste.

-traline (English): Used to form names of serotonin

Definitions

  1. Used to form names of serotonin

Ancestry of “-traline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtetralinThe bicyclic hydrocarbon...
2EnglishtetrahydronaphthaleneAny bicyclic hydrocarbon formally derived from...
3EnglishnaphthaleneA white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from...
4English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
5EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
6GermanAldehydaldehyde
7Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
8Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
9Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
10Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
11Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

Words derived from “-traline

Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from English -álEvery word from Arabic كُحْل