Etymology

desethylamiodarone

Today it means: A metabolite related to amiodarone by removal of one or more ethyl groups Full definition →

English amiodarone ← German Keton ← French coumarine
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdes-
  9. Englishdes-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  12. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  13. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  14. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  15. Latinaethēr
  16. GermanÄther
  17. GermanEther
  18. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  19. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  20. GermanEthy
  21. Englishethyl
  22. Englishdesethyl
  23. Egyptianjmn
  24. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  25. LatinAmmōn
  26. Latinammoniacus
  27. Englishammonia
  28. Englishamine
  29. Englishami(no)-
  30. Proto-Hellenic*wion
  31. Ancient Greekἴον (íon)
  32. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  34. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  35. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  36. Ancient Greekἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)
  37. Englishiodo-
  38. Englishiod-
  39. Old Tupikumar
  40. Frenchcoumarou
  41. Frenchcoumarine
  42. GermanKeton
  43. Englishketone
  44. English(coum)arone
  45. Englishamiodarone
  46. English todaydesethylamiodarone

From desethyl + amiodarone.

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