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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
- Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
- Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
- Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
- Frenchazote
- Englishazote
- Englishaza-
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
- Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
- Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanMethy
- Englishmethyl
- New Latinammōnium
- Englishammonium
- Englishonium
- English todayazamethonium
From aza- + meth(yl) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.