Etymology

nafarelin

N1A1F4A1R1E1L1I1N1

Today it means: An agonist of gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Full definition →

English release ← Middle English relesen ← Old French relaisser
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The story

  1. Akkadiannapṭumbor.?
  2. Old Persian*naftah
  3. Ancient Greekνάφθα (náphtha)
  4. Latinnaphtha
  5. Englishnaphth(a)
  6. Englishnaphthalene
  7. Proto-Italic*wre-
  8. Latinre-
  9. Old Frenchre-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leg-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leg-s-ós
  12. Latinlaxus
  13. Latinlaxō
  14. Vulgar Latin*laxicāre
  15. Vulgar Latin*lassicāre
  16. Old Frenchlaschier
  17. Old Frenchrelaschier
  18. Old Frenchrelaisser
  19. Middle Englishrelesen
  20. Englishrelease
  21. English todaynafarelin

From naph(th)a(lene) + -relin (“LHRH release–stimulating peptide”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.