Where does “deoxyepinephrine” come from?
deoxyepinephrine (English) comes from English epinephrine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
deoxyepinephrine (English): An organic compound in the catecholamine family, related to the important neurotransmitters dopamine and epinephrine
Definitions
- An organic compound in the catecholamine family, related to the important neurotransmitters dopamine and epinephrine
Ancestry of “deoxyepinephrine”, step by step
deoxyepinephrine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English epinephrine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | epinephrine | A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as... |
| 2 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English deoxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deoxy | Describing any compound formally derived from... |
| 2 | English | de- | reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,... |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |