Etymograph

English

morphine

Morphine may come from French morphine.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentmorphine1uncertain
  2. Englishtodaymorphine1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English morphine

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentmorphineWiktionary, English morphineuncertain
  2. EnglishtodaymorphineWiktionary, English morphine

Every English word from French morphine

Today it means

noun A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “morphine”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / French morphine / morphine

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