'anhalonine' originates from Modern Latin, specifically the botanical genus name 'Anhalonium,' where the suffix '-ine' denoted an alkaloid.

'Anhalonium' was the former genus name for peyote; chemists formed alkaloid names from it with '-ine,' yielding 'anhalonine,' a term that persisted even after the plant was reclassified as 'Lophophora.'

Initially, it meant 'an alkaloid obtained from Anhalonium (peyote),' and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.