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Where does “nicotine” come from?

Nicotine comes from French nicotine, named after the tobacco plant brought to Europe in the 16th century.

nicotine (English): An alkaloid , commonly occurring in the tobacco...

Definitions

  1. An alkaloid , commonly occurring in the tobacco...

Ancestry of “nicotine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
2French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
3French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle French-é—
5Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “nicotine”

  • nicotinic
  • nicotinate
  • nicotiana
  • neonicotinoid
  • nicotined
  • nicotinism
  • isonicotinate
  • nicotinoid
  • antinicotine
  • antinicotinic
  • isonicotine
  • nicotinist
  • 尼古丁
  • nicitín
  • nicitíneacht
  • nikotin
  • nikotini
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →