Etymology

benzoylmethylecgonine

Today it means: Scientific name of cocaine. Full definition →

English ecgonine ← German Methy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  8. Old Javanesejawa
  9. Old JavaneseJawi
  10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  15. Catalanbenjuí
  16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  17. Englishbenzoin
  18. Englishbenzoic
  19. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  20. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  21. Englishbenzoyl
  22. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  23. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  24. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  25. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  26. GermanMethy
  27. Englishmethyl
  28. Englishmethyl-
  29. Englishecgonine
  30. English todaybenzoylmethylecgonine

From benzoyl + methyl- + ecgonine.

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