Where does “セルトラリン” come from?

セルトラリン (Japanese) comes from English sertraline, from English -traline, from English tetralin, from English tetrahydronaphthalene, from English naphthalene, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd — kohl, antimony paste.

セルトラリン (Japanese): sertraline

Definitions

  1. sertraline

Ancestry of “セルトラリン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsertralineAn antidepressant drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride and acting to enhance serotonin activity
2English-tralineUsed to form names of serotonin
3EnglishtetralinThe bicyclic hydrocarbon...
4EnglishtetrahydronaphthaleneAny bicyclic hydrocarbon formally derived from...
5EnglishnaphthaleneA white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from...
6English-álOf 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
7EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
8GermanAldehydaldehyde
9Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
10Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
11Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
12Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
13Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from English -álEvery word from Arabic كُحْل