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Where does “butylscopolamine” come from?

butylscopolamine (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.

butylscopolamine (English): An antimuscarinic and anticholinergic derived...

Definitions

  1. An antimuscarinic and anticholinergic derived...

Ancestry of “butylscopolamine”, step by step

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-é—
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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