Meanings
abbreviation DEA
- uncountablechemistryAn endogenous fatty-acid ethanolamide derived from docosatetraenoic acid and structurally related to the endocannabinoid anandamide.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥
- Ancient Greekδώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)
- Englishdodeca-clip.
- Englishdo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wídḱm̥ti
- Proto-Hellenic*ewī́kəti
- Ancient Greekεἴκοσι (eíkosi)
- Englishicosa-
- Englishdocosa-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
- Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
- Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
- Englishtetra-
- Englishenoyl
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
- Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
- Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
- Latinaethēr
- GermanÄther
- GermanEther
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanEthy
- Englishethyl
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishethyl
- Englisheth-
- Englishethane
- Englishalcohol
- Englishethanol
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishamide
- Englishethanolamide
- Englishdocosatetraenoylethanolamide
From docosa- + tetra- + enoyl + ethanolamide.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
docosatetraenoylethanolamide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docosatetraenoylethanolamide
“docosatetraenoylethanolamide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docosatetraenoylethanolamide. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “docosatetraenoylethanolamide,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docosatetraenoylethanolamide.
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