Where does “meth” come from?
Meth is a shortened form of metheglin, from Welsh meddyglyn, ultimately deriving from Latin medicus meaning physician and the adjectival suffix -icus.
meth (English): Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the...
Definitions
- Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the...
Ancestry of “meth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | methadone | A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is... |
| 2 | English | dimethylamino | The univalent radical N- derived from... |
| 3 | English | amino | Relating to an amine; The amine functional group |
| 4 | English | amino- | Of amines and of the amino functional group |
| 5 | English | amine | A functional group formally derived from ammonia... |
| 6 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |