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etorphine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
etor-phine
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular narcotic painkiller.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- ▲ Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl French -ènebor. English -ene English -ylene English eth(ylene) English -orphine English etorphine From eth(ylene) + -orphine (“morphinan derivate”).

Usage

Derived Forms

acetorphine alletorphine dihydroetorphine

Questions

What does etorphine mean?
A particular narcotic painkiller.
Where does etorphine come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- ▲ Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl French -ènebor. English -ene English -ylene English eth(ylene) English -orphine English etorphine From eth(ylene) + -orphine (“morphinan derivate”).

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