Where does “N-methylphenylalanine” come from?

N-methylphenylalanine (English) comes from English phenylalanine, from English alanine, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

N-methylphenylalanine (English): A chemical compound derived from phenylalanine by adding a methyl group to its nitrogen atom

Definitions

  1. A chemical compound derived from phenylalanine by adding a methyl group to its nitrogen atom

Ancestry of “N-methylphenylalanine”, step by step

N-methylphenylalanine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English phenylalanine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphenylalanineAn essential amino acid CHNO found in most animal...
2EnglishalanineA nonessential amino acid "2-aminopropanoic acid"...
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English methyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH-, formally...
2GermanMethylmethyl
3Ancient Greekμέθυwine
4Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from Arabic كُحْلEvery word from Arabic كحل
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