Etymology

azocine

A1Z10O1C3I1N1E1

Today it means: An unsaturated eight-membered heterocycle having seven carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and four double bonds. Full definition →

English oct- ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  9. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  10. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  11. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  12. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  13. Frenchazote
  14. Englishazote
  15. Englishaz(a)-
  16. Englishoct-
  17. English todayazocine

From az(a)- (“containing nitrogen in place of carbon”) + oct- + -ine.

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