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Where does “citalopram” come from?

Citalopram is a modern English coinage combining elements from Latin and Ancient Greek roots, though its precise original meaning in Ancient Greek remains unattested.

citalopram (English): A drug that functions as a SSRI and is...

Definitions

  1. A drug that functions as a SSRI and is...

Ancestry of “citalopram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphthalimideThe imide of phthalic acid; it is used in the...
2Englishphthalicof, relating to, or derived from naphthalene or...
3EnglishnaphthalicOf, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from...
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem—
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-—
13Latinîn—
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “citalopram”

  • escitalopram
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →