mebeverine

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English methoxy

Arabic لُبَان (lubān)

Proto-Indo-European *yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yéwos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas

Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.?

Proto-Austronesian *zawa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.?

Old Javanese jawa

Old Javanese -i

Old Javanese Jawi

Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.

Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)

Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor.

Catalan benjuíder.

Middle French benjoinder.

English benzoin

English benzo-

English benz-

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English benzyl

English methoxybenzyl

Latin papāver

English -ine

English papaverine

English -verine

English mebeverine

From me(thoxy)be(nzyl) +‎ -verine (“spasmolytic”).

Noun

mebeverine (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A musculotropic antispasmodic drug.