Where does “dexlansoprazole” come from?

dexlansoprazole (English) comes from English lansoprazole, from English -prazole, from English timoprazole, from English benzimidazole, from English imidazole, from English azole, from English -ole, from English -ol — kohl, antimony paste.

dexlansoprazole (English): A drug CHFNOS that acts as a proton pump...

Definitions

  1. A drug CHFNOS that acts as a proton pump...

Ancestry of “dexlansoprazole”, step by step

dexlansoprazole traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lansoprazole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlansoprazoleA particular proton pump inhibitor C16H14F3N3O2S (trademark Prevacid) similar to omeprazole that prevents the stomach from producing acid
2English-prazoleUsed to form names of benzimidazole derivatives...
3EnglishtimoprazoleA proton pump inhibitor
4EnglishbenzimidazoleA bicyclic heterocycle containing a benzene ring...
5EnglishimidazoleA heterocyclic organic compound containing two...
6EnglishazoleAny of a class of five-membered unsaturated...
7English-oleA diminutive suffix referring to small parts of...
8English-olAn alcohol or phenol; Indicating an oily...
9EnglishalcoholAny of a class of organic compounds containing a...
10FrenchalcoholAlternative spelling of alcool
11Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
12Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
13Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
14Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

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
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from Arabic كُحْلEvery word from Arabic كحل