Where does “normethadone” come from?

normethadone (English) comes from English methadone, from English dimethylamino, from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é.

normethadone (English): A desmethyl derivative of methadone used as a...

Definitions

  1. A desmethyl derivative of methadone used as a...

Ancestry of “normethadone”, step by step

normethadone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English methadone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethadoneA powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is...
2EnglishdimethylaminoThe univalent radical N- derived from...
3EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
4Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
5EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
6English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
7French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
8Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English NOR

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNORA binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation...
2Middle Englishnauther
3Middle Englishnoþer
4Old Englishnāwþerneither
5Old Englishnāhwæþerneither
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂