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Where does “meperidine” come from?

meperidine (English) comes from English piperidine, from English -idine, from English pyridine, from German Pyridin, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

meperidine (English): The United States Adopted Name of pethidine

Definitions

  1. The United States Adopted Name of pethidine

Ancestry of “meperidine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpiperidineAn alicyclic heterocycle, containing 5 carbon...
2English-idineDenotes a chemical compound containing a ring...
3EnglishpyridineAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
4GermanPyridinpyridine
5German-īn—
6Latin-īnus—
7Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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