Etymology

alpha-methylphenethylamine

Today it means: Synonym of amphetamine. Full definition →

English methylphenethylamine ← Middle English alphabete ← Classical Latin alphabētum
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  1. Ancient Greekἀλφάβητος (alphábētos)
  2. Medieval Greekἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)
  3. Classical Latinalphabētum
  4. Middle Englishalphabete
  5. Englishalphabet
  6. Englishalpha-
  7. Englishmethylphenethylamine
  8. English todayalpha-methylphenethylamine

From alpha- + methylphenethylamine.

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