English
tryptamine
By surface analysis, tryptophan + amine.
Equivalent to tryptophan + amine
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-n-yé-ti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to appear’
German Tryptophan ‘tryptophan (amino acid)’
English tryptophan
Today it means
noun A heterocyclic amine found in both plant and animal tissue, where it is an intermediate in several metabolic schemes.
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Etymograph / tryptamine