English
amphetamine
Amphetamine comes from English alpha-methylphenethylamine.
- English1500–presentalpha-methylphenethylamine
- Englishtodayamphetamine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentalpha-methylphenethylamine
- Englishtodayamphetamine
A compound of alphabet + alpha- + methyl + phenyl + pheno- + phen- + ethyl + -ine + amine + -amine + ethylamine + phenethylamine + methylphenethylamine
Proto-Indo-European *swel-
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’
German Methy
English methyl
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- ‘to ignite’
Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō ‘to ignite’
Ancient Greek αἴθω ‘to ignite, kindle, light’
Ancient Greek αἰθήρ ‘sky’
Latin aethēr ‘sky, ether (distinct in this sense from caelum (“heaven”)’
German Äther ‘ether (all senses)’
German Ether
German Ethyl
English ethyl
Egyptian jmn
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων
Latin Ammōn
Latin ammoniacus
English ammonia
English amine
Egyptian jmn
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων
Latin Ammōn
Latin ammoniacus
English ammonia
English ethylamine
The story
Shortened form of a(lpha-)m(ethyl)ph(en)et(hyl)amine.
Every English word from English alpha-methylphenethylamine
Today it means
noun The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English alpha-methylphenethylamine / amphetamine