Etymology

-buterol

Today it means: Used to form names of phenethylamine derivatives used as bronchodilators. Full definition →

English arterenol? ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tritós
  4. Proto-Italic*tritios
  5. Latintertius
  6. Englishtert-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gʷous
  9. Ancient Greekβοῦς (boûs)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tuh₂rós
  12. Proto-Hellenic*tūrós
  13. Ancient Greekτῡρός (tūrós)
  14. Ancient Greekβούτῡρος (boútūros)
  15. Englishbut-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  17. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  18. Englishbutyl
  19. Englishtert-butyl
  20. Englisharterenol?
  21. English today-buterol

From (tert-)but(yl) + -terol.

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