Where does “aposcopolamine” come from?

aposcopolamine (English) comes from English scopolamine, from German Skopolamin, from German Amin, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

aposcopolamine (English): An alkaloid present in several nightshades

Definitions

  1. An alkaloid present in several nightshades

Ancestry of “aposcopolamine”, step by step

aposcopolamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scopolamine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscopolamineA poisonous alkaloid CHNO similar to atropine...
2GermanSkopolamin—
3GermanAminamine
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English apo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapoIn an inactive, unbound state
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →