Etymology

anthrapyrazole

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Today it means: Any of a class of compounds that have a pyrazole ring formed adjacent to two of the rings of an anthracene; many of them are cytotoxic, or have anticancer activity Full definition →

English pyrazole ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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  1. Frenchanthracène
  2. Englishanthracene
  3. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  4. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  5. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  6. Latinpyr
  7. Englishpyro-
  8. Englishpyr-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*né
  10. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  12. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  16. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  17. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  18. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  19. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  20. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  21. Frenchazote
  22. Englishazote
  23. Englishazo-
  24. Englishazole
  25. Englishpyrazole
  26. English todayanthrapyrazole

Blend of anthracene + pyrazole. By surface analysis, anthra- + pyrazole.

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