Where does “nadolol” come from?
nadolol (English) comes from English diol, from English ol, from Japanese OL, from Japanese オフィスレディー, from Japanese オフィス, from English Office, from Middle English office, from Old French office — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
nadolol (English): A beta blocker C17H27NO4 taken orally in the treatment of hypertension and angina pectoris
Definitions
- A beta blocker C17H27NO4 taken orally in the treatment of hypertension and angina pectoris
Ancestry of “nadolol”, step by step
nadolol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English diol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diol | any organic compound having two hydroxy... |
| 2 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 3 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 4 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | an "office lady" |
| 5 | Japanese | オフィス | office (building or room) |
| 6 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 7 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 8 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 9 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 10 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 11 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 12 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 13 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 14 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 15 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English naphthalene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | naphthalene | A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |