Where does “escitalopram” come from?

escitalopram (English) comes from English citalopram, from English phthalimide, from English phthalic, from English naphthalic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem — in.

escitalopram (English): A drug that functions as an SSRI and is...

Definitions

  1. A drug that functions as an SSRI and is...

Ancestry of “escitalopram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcitalopramA drug that functions as a SSRI and is...
2EnglishphthalimideThe imide of phthalic acid; it is used in the...
3Englishphthalicof, relating to, or derived from naphthalene or...
4EnglishnaphthalicOf, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from...
5English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
6EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
7Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
8Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
9Spanishimagenimage
10Italianimmagineimage; imago
11Latinimāginem
12Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
13Latinīn-un-, non-, not
14Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
15Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
16Proto-Italicenin
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en