Where does “levobupivacaine” come from?

levobupivacaine (English) comes from English bupivacaine, from English Novocaine, from English -caine, from German -kain, from German Kokain, from English cocaine, from English -ine, from French -ine.

levobupivacaine (English): A particular local anesthetic drug

Definitions

  1. A particular local anesthetic drug

Ancestry of “levobupivacaine”, step by step

levobupivacaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bupivacaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbupivacaineA local anesthetic CHNO that is like lidocaine in...
2EnglishNovocainealteration of "Novocaine"
3English-caineA synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic
4German-kain
5GermanKokaincocaine
6EnglishcocaineAn addictive drug derived from coca or prepared...
7English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
8French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
9Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
10Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
11Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
12Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
13Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
14Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English levo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlevoClipping of levorotatory
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine