Etymology

butorphanol

B3U1T1O1R1P3H4A1N1O1L1

Today it means: A synthetic analgesic and antitussive opioid drug (trademark Stadol) administered in the form of its tartrate C₂₁H₂₉NO₂·C₄H₆O₆ as a nasal spray or by injection especially for the relief of pain. Full definition →

English alcohol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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The story

  1. Englishcyclobutane
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  4. English(cyclo)but(yl)
  5. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  6. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  7. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  8. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  9. Medieval Latinalcoho
  10. Middle Englishalcofol
  11. Englishalcohol
  12. English todaybutorphanol

From (cyclo)but(yl) + -orphan (“opioid receptor antagonist/agonist”) + -ol.

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