Where does “fluvoxamine” come from?

fluvoxamine (English) comes from English valeryl, from English valeric, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

fluvoxamine (English): A synthetic antidepressant drug which acts by prolonging the effect of the neurotransmitter serotonin on the brain

Definitions

  1. A synthetic antidepressant drug which acts by prolonging the effect of the neurotransmitter serotonin on the brain

Ancestry of “fluvoxamine”, step by step

fluvoxamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English valeryl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvalerylThe univalent radical CHCO- derived from valeric...
2EnglishvalericOf, pertaining to, or derived from valeric acid
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English amine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “fluvoxamine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →