Where does “isomethadone” come from?

isomethadone (English) comes from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel, from German Dachshund, from German Dachs — to sire, beget.

isomethadone (English): A synthetic opioid analgesic and antitussive...

Definitions

  1. A synthetic opioid analgesic and antitussive...

Ancestry of “isomethadone”, step by step

isomethadone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ISO

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishISOThe International Organization for Standardization
2Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
3Ancient Greekἴσοςequal (to); equivalent (to); consistent (to); agreement (to)
4Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
5Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
6GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
7GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
8GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
9Old High Germandahs
10Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
11Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
12Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus
13Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
14Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via English methadone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethadoneA powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is...
2EnglishdimethylaminoThe univalent radical N- derived from...
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...
8Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus