Where does “fluspiperone” come from?

fluspiperone (English) comes from English spiperone, from English spiro, from Latin spira, from French trompe, from Middle French trompe, from Old French trompe, from Frankish trumpa — trump, trumpet; trumpet.

fluspiperone (English): An antipsychotic drug

Definitions

  1. An antipsychotic drug

Ancestry of “fluspiperone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspiperoneA psychoactive drug structurally related to butyrophenone
2EnglishspiroOnly used in spiro compound; Spironolactone
3LatinspiraA thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound; A...
4Frenchtrompetrumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch
5Middle Frenchtrompe
6Old Frenchtrompetrump, trumpet; horn, trump, trumpet
7Frankishtrumpatrump, trumpet; trumpet
Every word from Frankish trumpa
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