Where does “dexchlorpheniramine” come from?

dexchlorpheniramine (English) comes from English dex, from English decimal, from Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin Decimus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dexchlorpheniramine (English): An antihistamine used to treat allergic...

Definitions

  1. An antihistamine used to treat allergic...

Ancestry of “dexchlorpheniramine”, step by step

dexchlorpheniramine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dex

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdexAn order or factor of ten; Dexterity;...
2EnglishdecimalA number expressed in the base-ten system, a...
3Medieval Latindecimalis
4LatinDecimusoriginally used for a tenth-born son
5Latindecemten; 10
6Latin-nus-an
7Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via English chlorpheniramine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchlorpheniraminechlorphenamine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem
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