Where does “hydroxyprocaine” come from?

hydroxyprocaine (English) comes from English procaine, from English pro, from English professional, from English profession, from Anglo-Norman professioun, from Old French profession, from Latin professiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.

hydroxyprocaine (English): An anesthetic drug

Definitions

  1. An anesthetic drug

Ancestry of “hydroxyprocaine”, step by step

hydroxyprocaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English procaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprocaineA synthetic compound derived from benzoic acid,...
2EnglishproAn advantage of something, especially when...
3EnglishprofessionalA person who belongs to a profession; A person...
4EnglishprofessionA declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,...
5Anglo-Normanprofessioun
6Old Frenchprofessionprofession; declaration
7Latinprofessiōdeclaration, avowal, profession (act of professing)
8Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
9Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line

via English hydroxy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhydroxyBeing, or containing a hydroxyl radical; Clipping...
2EnglishOxyOccidental College
3EnglishoxygenThe chemical element with an atomic number of 8...
4Frenchoxygèneoxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##...
5Ancient Greekγένοςoffspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race
6Proto-Hellenicgénosfamily; race
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Latin calx