Where does “sertraline” come from?
sertraline (English) comes from English -traline, from English tetralin, from English tetrahydronaphthalene, from English naphthalene, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol — kohl, antimony paste.
sertraline (English): An antidepressant drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride and acting to enhance serotonin activity
Definitions
- An antidepressant drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride and acting to enhance serotonin activity
Ancestry of “sertraline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -traline | Used to form names of serotonin |
| 2 | English | tetralin | The bicyclic hydrocarbon... |
| 3 | English | tetrahydronaphthalene | Any bicyclic hydrocarbon formally derived from... |
| 4 | English | naphthalene | A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from... |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 7 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 8 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 9 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 10 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 11 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 12 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |