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Where does “methylmethaqualone” come from?

methylmethaqualone (English) comes from English methaqualone, from English meth, from English methadone, from English dimethylamino, from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine.

methylmethaqualone (English): A synthetic analogue of methaqualone with similar...

Definitions

  1. A synthetic analogue of methaqualone with similar...

Ancestry of “methylmethaqualone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethaqualoneA sedative drug that has effects similar to...
2EnglishmethMethamphetamine, especially in the form of the...
3EnglishmethadoneA powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is...
4EnglishdimethylaminoThe univalent radical N- derived from...
5EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
6Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
7EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
8English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
9French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
10French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
11Middle French-é—
12Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
13Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
14Proto-Italic-ā—
15Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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