Where does “hexaminolevulinate” come from?

hexaminolevulinate (English) comes from English aminolevulinate, from English aminolevulinic, from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é.

hexaminolevulinate (English): A hexyl ester of 5-aminolevulinic acid, used as an imaging agent in the cystoscopic detection of bladder cancer

Definitions

  1. A hexyl ester of 5-aminolevulinic acid, used as an imaging agent in the cystoscopic detection of bladder cancer

Ancestry of “hexaminolevulinate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaminolevulinateA salt or ester of aminolevulinic acid
2EnglishaminolevulinicOf or pertaining to aminolevulinic acid or its...
3EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
4Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
5EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
6English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
7French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
8French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →