Etymology

furethidine

F4U1R1E1T1H4I1D2I1N1E1

Today it means: A 4-phenylpiperidine derivative that is related to the opioid analgesic drug pethidine. Full definition →

English pethidine ← German Ethy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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  1. Latinfurfur
  2. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  3. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  4. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  5. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  6. Latinalcohol
  7. Proto-Indo-European*de
  8. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  9. Proto-Italic*dē
  10. Latindē
  11. Latinde-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  14. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  15. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  16. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  17. GermanAldehyd
  18. Englishaldehydeclip.
  19. Englishfurfural
  20. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  21. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  22. Englishfur(furyl)
  23. Ancient Greekπέπερῐ (péperĭ)
  24. Latinpiper
  25. Englishpiperidine
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  27. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  28. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  29. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  30. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  31. Latinaethēr
  32. GermanÄther
  33. GermanEther
  34. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  35. GermanEthy
  36. Englishethyl
  37. Englishpethidine
  38. English todayfurethidine

From fur(furyl) + -ethidine (“pethidine derivative”).

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