Etymology

orciprenaline

O1R1C3I1P3R1E1N1A1L1I1N1E1

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English isoprenaline ← Late Latin rēnāli ← Latin rēn
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  3. Proto-Italic*ausis
  4. Latinauris
  5. Latinauricula
  6. Latinōricula
  7. Italianoricello
  8. Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
  9. Old Catalanorxella
  10. Old Frenchorchel
  11. Frenchorseille
  12. Dutchorseille
  13. New Latinorcina
  14. Frenchorcine
  15. Englishorcin
  16. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  17. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  18. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  19. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  20. Medieval Latinalcoho
  21. Middle Englishalcofol
  22. Englishalcohol
  23. Englishorcinol
  24. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  25. Englishiso-
  26. Frenchpropionique
  27. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  28. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  29. Frenchpropyl-
  30. Englishpropyl
  31. Englishisopropyl
  32. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  34. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  35. Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
  36. Ancient Greekγνώμων (gnṓmōn)
  37. Latinnorma
  38. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  39. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  40. Latinnōrmālis
  41. Englishnormal
  42. Englishnor-
  43. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  44. Proto-Italic*ad
  45. Proto-Italic*ad-
  46. Latinad-
  47. Englishad-
  48. Latinrēn
  49. Late Latinrēnāli
  50. Englishrenal
  51. Englishadrenal
  52. Englishadrenaline
  53. Englishnoradrenaline
  54. Englishisoprenaline
  55. English todayorciprenaline

From orci(nol) + -prenaline (“phenethylamine derivative”).

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