Where does “felbamate” come from?
felbamate (English) comes from English -bamate, from English carbamate, from English carbamic, from English carbamide, from English amide, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is.
felbamate (English): An anticonvulsant drug C11H14N2O4 that is used to treat severe epilepsy or epilepsy that is unresponsive to other drugs
Definitions
- An anticonvulsant drug C11H14N2O4 that is used to treat severe epilepsy or epilepsy that is unresponsive to other drugs
Ancestry of “felbamate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -bamate | Used to form names of propanediol and pentanediol derivatives used as tranquilizers |
| 2 | English | carbamate | Any salt or ester of carbamic acid |
| 3 | English | carbamic | Of or pertaining to carbamic acid or its... |
| 4 | English | carbamide | urea |
| 5 | English | amide | Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the... |
| 6 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 7 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 8 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |