Etymology

metazocine

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Today it means: A particular narcotic painkiller. Full definition →

English meth(yl) ← German Methy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  2. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  3. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  6. GermanMethy
  7. Englishmeth(yl)
  8. English todaymetazocine

From meth(yl) + -azocine (“narcotic antagonist/agonist”).

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