Etymology

acetorphine

A1C3E1T1O1R1P3H4I1N1E1

Today it means: A particular narcotic painkiller. Full definition →

English etorphine ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← German Ethy
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*akēō
  4. Latinaceō
  5. Latinacēscō
  6. Latinacētum
  7. Englishac(etate)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  10. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  11. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  12. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  13. Latinaethēr
  14. GermanÄther
  15. GermanEther
  16. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  17. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  18. GermanEthy
  19. Englishethyl
  20. Englisheth-
  21. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  22. Englisheth(ylene)
  23. Englishetorphine
  24. English todayacetorphine

From ac(etate) + etorphine.

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