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Where does “hallucinogenic” come from?

Hallucinogenic derives from English hallucinate, from English hallucination, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning to produce or generate.

hallucinogenic (English): producing hallucinations; a substance that is a...

Definitions

  1. producing hallucinations; a substance that is a...

Ancestry of “hallucinogenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “hallucinogenic”

  • hallucinogenically
  • subhallucinogenic
  • semihallucinogenic
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