Etymology

amiodarone

A1M3I1O1D2A1R1O1N1E1

Today it means: an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia Full definition →

English (coum)arone ← German Keton ← French coumarine
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The story

  1. Egyptianjmn
  2. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  3. LatinAmmōn
  4. Latinammoniacus
  5. Englishammonia
  6. Englishamine
  7. Englishami(no)-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*wion
  9. Ancient Greekἴον (íon)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  12. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  13. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  14. Ancient Greekἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)
  15. Englishiodo-
  16. Englishiod-
  17. Old Tupikumar
  18. Frenchcoumarou
  19. Frenchcoumarine
  20. GermanKeton
  21. Englishketone
  22. English(coum)arone
  23. English todayamiodarone

From ami(no)- + iod- + (coum)arone (“benzofuran”).

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