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
- An anesthetic drug
Ancestry of “hydroxyprocaine”, step by step
hydroxyprocaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English procaine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | procaine | A synthetic compound derived from benzoic acid,... |
| 2 | English | pro | An advantage of something, especially when... |
| 3 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 4 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 6 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 7 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English hydroxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hydroxy | Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical; Clipping... |
| 2 | English | Oxy | Occidental College |
| 3 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 4 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |