Etymology

acetamidobenzoate

Today it means: The acetamido derivative of a benzoate; deanol acetamidobenzoate is a central nervous system stimulant Full definition →

English benzoate ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Englishacetamido
  2. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  5. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  6. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  7. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  8. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  9. Old Javanesejawa
  10. Old JavaneseJawi
  11. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  12. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  13. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  14. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  15. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  16. Catalanbenjuí
  17. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  18. Englishbenzoin
  19. Englishbenzoic
  20. Englishbenzoate
  21. English todayacetamidobenzoate

From acetamido + benzoate.

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