Where does “pseudaconitine” come from?
pseudaconitine (English) comes from English pseud, from English pseudointellectual, from English intellectual, from Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis, from Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
pseudaconitine (English): A highly toxic alkaloid with chemical formula C36H51NO12, found in the roots of Aconitum ferox
Definitions
- A highly toxic alkaloid with chemical formula C36H51NO12, found in the roots of Aconitum ferox
Ancestry of “pseudaconitine”, step by step
pseudaconitine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pseud
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pseud | An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur;... |
| 2 | English | pseudointellectual | A person who claims proficiency in scholarly or... |
| 3 | English | intellectual | Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect;... |
| 4 | Old French | intellectuel | — |
| 5 | Latin | intellectualis | intellectual |
| 6 | Latin | intellēctus | understood; realized |
| 7 | Latin | intellegō | to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know |
| 8 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 9 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English aconitine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aconitine | An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from... |
| 2 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 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 | — |