Where does “norlevorphanol” come from?
norlevorphanol (English) comes from English levorphanol, from English -orphan, from English morphinan, from English morphine, from French morphine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.
norlevorphanol (English): An opioid analgesic of the morphinan class
Definitions
- An opioid analgesic of the morphinan class
Ancestry of “norlevorphanol”, step by step
norlevorphanol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English levorphanol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | levorphanol | An addictive drug used especially in the form of... |
| 2 | English | -orphan | Used to form names of morphinan derivates used as... |
| 3 | English | morphinan | The base chemical structure of a large class of... |
| 4 | English | morphine | A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids |
| 5 | French | morphine | morphine |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |