Where does “levophenacylmorphan” come from?

levophenacylmorphan (English) comes from English morphinan, from English morphine, from French morphine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

levophenacylmorphan (English): A morphinan derivative that acts as an opioid...

Definitions

  1. A morphinan derivative that acts as an opioid...

Ancestry of “levophenacylmorphan”, step by step

levophenacylmorphan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English morphinan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmorphinanThe base chemical structure of a large class of...
2EnglishmorphineA crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids
3Frenchmorphinemorphine
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English phenacyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphenacylThe aromatic ketonic radical CH-CO-CH-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →