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Where does “hydroxyethylpromethazine” come from?

hydroxyethylpromethazine (English) comes from English promethazine, from English phenothiazine, from English thiazine, from English thia-, from English -a-, from French à, from English avie, from French envie — in.

hydroxyethylpromethazine (English): A promethazine derivative used as an...

Definitions

  1. A promethazine derivative used as an...

Ancestry of “hydroxyethylpromethazine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpromethazineA first-generation H receptor antagonist derived...
2EnglishphenothiazineA polycyclic heterocycle consisting of two...
3EnglishthiazineA six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon...
4Englishthia-Used to form the names of chemical compounds...
5English-a-And; Connective infix encountered in loanwords...
6Frenchàto; on the, to; at
7Englishavieemulously
8Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
9Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
10Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
11LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
12Latinīn-—
13Latinîn—
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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