Where does “мефедрон” come from?

мефедрон (Russian) comes from English mephedrone, from English ephedrone, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

мефедрон (Russian): mephedrone

Definitions

  1. mephedrone

Ancestry of “мефедрон”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmephedroneThe recreational drug 4-methylmethcathinone, related to cathinone
2EnglishephedroneA monoamine alkaloid and psychoactive stimulant, a substituted cathinone
3English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
4EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
5GermanKetonketone
6GermanAketonacetone
7Frenchacétoneacetone
8Latinacētumvinegar
9French-ateate
10Latin-ātused
11Proto-Italic-ātos
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from French -ate