Where does “norketobemidone” come from?

norketobemidone (English) comes from English NOR, from Middle English nauther, from Middle English noþer, from Old English nāwþer, from Old English nāhwæþer — neither.

norketobemidone (English): A chemical with formal name 1-[4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)piperidin-4-yl]propan-1-one, formed from ketobemidone by removing a methyl group from the nitrogen atom

Definitions

  1. A chemical with formal name 1-[4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)piperidin-4-yl]propan-1-one, formed from ketobemidone by removing a methyl group from the nitrogen atom

Ancestry of “norketobemidone”, step by step

norketobemidone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English NOR

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNORA binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation...
2Middle Englishnauther
3Middle Englishnoþer
4Old Englishnāwþerneither
5Old Englishnāhwæþerneither

via English ketobemidone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishketobemidoneA particular narcotic painkiller
Every word from Old English nāhwæþerEvery word from Old English nāwþerEvery word from Middle English noþer