Etymology

misoprostol

M3I1S1O1P3R1O1S1T1O1L1

Today it means: A drug used for various purposes including the prevention of drug-induced gastric ulcers and the inducement of abortions, having the chemical formula C₂₂H₃₈O₅. Full definition →

English alcohol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  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. Englishm(ethyl)
  8. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  9. Englishiso-
  10. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  11. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  12. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  13. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  14. Medieval Latinalcoho
  15. Middle Englishalcofol
  16. Englishalcohol
  17. English todaymisoprostol

From m(ethyl) + iso- + -prost- (“prostaglandin”) + -ol.

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