Etymology

phenazocine

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

English phen(ylethyl) ← German Ethy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  4. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  5. Frenchphéno-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  8. Frenchphényle
  9. Englishphenyl
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  12. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  13. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  14. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  15. Latinaethēr
  16. GermanÄther
  17. GermanEther
  18. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  19. GermanEthy
  20. Englishethyl
  21. Englishphen(ylethyl)
  22. English todayphenazocine

From phen(ylethyl) + -azocine (“narcotic antagonist/agonist”).

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