Where does “diacetylmorphine” come from?
diacetylmorphine (English) comes from English morphine, from French morphine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
diacetylmorphine (English): The INN name for the drug heroin
Definitions
- The INN name for the drug heroin
Ancestry of “diacetylmorphine”, step by step
diacetylmorphine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English morphine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | French | morphine | morphine |
| 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 diacetyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diacetyl | Two acetyl groups in a compound; Synonym of... |
| 2 | English | acetyl | The univalent radical CHCO- derived from acetic... |
| 3 | English | acet- | Alternative spelling of aceto-, used before... |
| 4 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 5 | Latin | aceō | to be sour |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | akēō | be sharp-tasting, be sour |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |