Etymology

amisulpride

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Today it means: A selective dopamine antagonist that is used as an antipsychotic drug. Full definition →

English sulpiride ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Egyptianjmn
  2. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  3. LatinAmmōn
  4. Latinammoniacus
  5. Englishammonia
  6. Englishamine
  7. Englishamino-
  8. Englishsulfonic
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. Englishsulfonyl
  12. Latinsulpur
  13. Latinsulfur
  14. Latinsulphur
  15. Anglo-Normansulfre
  16. Middle Englishsulphur
  17. Englishsulf(ur)
  18. Englishammonia
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  20. Englishamide
  21. Englishsulfamide
  22. Englishsul(famoyl)
  23. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  24. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  25. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  26. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  27. GermanPyrro
  28. Englishpyrrole
  29. Englishpyrrolidine
  30. Englishpyr(rolidinyl)
  31. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  32. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  34. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  35. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  36. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  37. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  38. Old Javanesejawa
  39. Old JavaneseJawi
  40. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  41. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  42. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  43. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  44. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  45. Catalanbenjuí
  46. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  47. Englishbenzoin
  48. Englishbenzo-
  49. Englishbenz-
  50. Englishamide
  51. English(benzam)ide
  52. Englishsulpiride
  53. English todayamisulpride

From ami(no)- + sul(fonyl) + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).

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