Where does “LSD” come from?

LSD is a backformation from lysergic acid diethylamide, a German pharmaceutical coinage from Lysergsäure and diethylamid, with Säure deriving from Old High German sūri.

LSD (English): Initialism of £sd; lysergic acid diethylamide;...

Definitions

Initialism of £sd; lysergic acid diethylamide;...

Ancestry of “LSD”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	LSD	Initialism of Lysergsäure-diethylamid; LSD
2	German	Lysergsäure-diethylamid	The psychedelic drug LSD, acid
3	German	Säure	acid
4	Middle High German	siure	—

Words derived from “LSD”

ЛСД

Every word from Middle High German siure →

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