Meanings
nounphenethylamine (countable and uncountable, plural phenethylamines)
plural phenethylamines · alternative phenylethylamine
- uncountablebiochemistryAn aromatically substituted aliphatic amine, C₆H₅C₂H₄NH₂, which is a neurotransmitter in the brain; it has pharmacological properties similar to amphetamine.
- countablechemistryAny of a group of compounds derived from that amine.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Frenchphéno-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchphényle
- Englishphenyl
- Englishpheno-
- Englishphen-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
- Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
- Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
- Latinaethēr
- GermanÄther
- GermanEther
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanEthy
- Englishethyl
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Englishamine
- Englishethylamine
- Englishphenethylamine
From phen- + ethylamine.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 苯乙胺
- 苯乙胺 (běnyǐ'àn)phenethylamine
Cite this entry
APA
phenethylamine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenethylamine
MLA
“phenethylamine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenethylamine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phenethylamine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenethylamine.
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