Etymology

methyltryptamine

Today it means: A psychedelic alkaloid obtained from the leaves of several plants Full definition →

English tryptamine ← 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. Englishmethyl
  8. Englishmethyl-
  9. Englishtryptamine
  10. English todaymethyltryptamine

From methyl- + tryptamine.

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