Where does “pharmahuasca” come from?
pharmahuasca (English) comes from English pharma, from English pharmaceutical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.
pharmahuasca (English): A synthetic pharmaceutical version of ayahuasca
Definitions
- A synthetic pharmaceutical version of ayahuasca
Ancestry of “pharmahuasca”, step by step
pharmahuasca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pharma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pharma | The pharmaceutical or drug-making sector |
| 2 | English | pharmaceutical | Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; A... |
| 3 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 4 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 5 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 6 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 7 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 8 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 9 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 10 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English ayahuasca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ayahuasca | A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties |
| 2 | Spanish | ayahuasca | ayahuasca; a psychotropic concoction prepared... |
| 3 | Quechua | ayawaska | — |
| 4 | Quechua | aya | soul, spirit, ghost; corpse, deceased, dead... |