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...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms 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
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