Where does “conorfone” come from?
conorfone (English) comes from English -orphone, from English -orph-, from English morphinan, from English morphine, from French morphine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.
conorfone (English): An opioid analgesic, an analogue of hydrocodone substituted with an 8-ethyl group and an N-cyclopropylmethyl group
Definitions
- An opioid analgesic, an analogue of hydrocodone substituted with an 8-ethyl group and an N-cyclopropylmethyl group
Ancestry of “conorfone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -orphone | Used to form names of morphinan derivates used as... |
| 2 | English | -orph- | morphinan derivate |
| 3 | English | morphinan | The base chemical structure of a large class of... |
| 4 | English | morphine | A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids |
| 5 | French | morphine | morphine |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |