Where does “methylcobalamin” come from?

methylcobalamin (English) comes from English cobalamin, from English vitamin, from English vitamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

methylcobalamin (English): A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies

Definitions

  1. A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies

Ancestry of “methylcobalamin”, step by step

methylcobalamin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cobalamin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcobalaminAny of several forms of vitamin B depending on...
2EnglishvitaminAny of a specific group of organic compounds...
3EnglishvitamineObsolete form of vitamin
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English methyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH-, formally...
2GermanMethylmethyl
3Ancient Greekμέθυwine
4Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine
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