Etymology

bromopride

B3R1O1M3O1P3R1I1D2E1

Today it means: A dopamine antagonist with prokinetic properties, widely used as an antiemetic, closely related to metoclopramide. Full definition →

English sulpiride ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. Englishbromo-
  6. Latinsulpur
  7. Latinsulfur
  8. Latinsulphur
  9. Anglo-Normansulfre
  10. Middle Englishsulphur
  11. Englishsulf(ur)
  12. Egyptianjmn
  13. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  14. LatinAmmōn
  15. Latinammoniacus
  16. Englishammonia
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  18. Englishamide
  19. Englishsulfamide
  20. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  21. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  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 todaybromopride

From bromo- + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.