Etymology

demethyloxyaaptamine

Today it means: A demethylated and oxidized derivative of aaptamine. Full definition →

English aaptamine ← Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. GermanMethy
  8. Englishmethyl
  9. Englishmethyl-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
  12. Englishoxy-
  13. Englishaaptamine
  14. English todaydemethyloxyaaptamine

From de- + methyl- + oxy- + aaptamine.

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