Etimologia e História de Rohypnol

also rufy, rophy, ruffie, "Rohypnol" by 1989, the name is perhaps a variant on Rohypnol (the erroneous spelling Rophynol is recorded in newspapers and magazines by 1992). The meaning "any drug used to incapacitate someone, especially one secreted into food or drink," is attested by 2002.

Earlier it was also a nickname, typically a variant of Ruth.

O elemento formador de palavras que significa "sono" vem do grego hypnos, que significa "sono." Sua origem remonta ao proto-indo-europeu *supno-, uma forma sufixada da raiz *swep-, que significa "dormir."

Elemento formador de palavras na química, representando de várias formas alcohol, phenol, ou em alguns casos o latim oleum que significa "óleo" (veja oil (n.)).