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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

  1. An opioid analgesic of the morphinan class

Ancestry of “norlevorphanol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlevorphanolAn addictive drug used especially in the form of...
2English-orphanUsed to form names of morphinan derivates used as...
3EnglishmorphinanThe base chemical structure of a large class of...
4EnglishmorphineA crystalline alkaloid , extracted from opium,...
5Frenchmorphinemorphine
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-é—
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →