Where does “oxycodone” come from?
Oxycodone comes from English oxy- combined with codeine, which derives from French codéine, from Ancient Greek κοτύλη meaning "small cup," with the chemical suffix -ine from Latin -inus ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos.
oxycodone (English): A synthetic analgesic drug that is similar to...
Definitions
- A synthetic analgesic drug that is similar to...
Ancestry of “oxycodone”, step by step
oxycodone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English codeine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | codeine | An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium... |
| 2 | French | codéine | codeine |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English hydroxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hydroxy | Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical; Clipping... |
| 2 | English | Oxy | Occidental College |
| 3 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 4 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |