Where does “levorphanol” come from?
levorphanol (English) comes from English -orphan, from English morphinan, from English morphine, from French morphine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.
levorphanol (English): An addictive drug used especially in the form of...
Definitions
- An addictive drug used especially in the form of...
Ancestry of “levorphanol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -orphan | Used to form names of morphinan derivates used as... |
| 2 | English | morphinan | The base chemical structure of a large class of... |
| 3 | English | morphine | A crystalline alkaloid , extracted from opium,... |
| 4 | French | morphine | morphine |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “levorphanol”