English
bupivacaine
From bu(tyl) + pi(pecoloxylidide) + -vacaine (“alteration of Novocaine”).
Formed from butyl + pipecoloxylidide + Novocaine ‘alteration of Novocaine’
Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’
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Proto-Italic *nowos ‘new’
Latin novus ‘new, novel’
Latin novellus ‘new’
German Kokain ‘cocaine’
English Novocaine
Today it means
noun A local anesthetic C₁₈H₂₈N₂O that is like lidocaine in its action but is longer acting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / bupivacaine