Etymology

camazepam

C3A1M3A1Z10E1P3A1M3

Today it means: A psychoactive benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. Full definition →

English diazepam ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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  1. Englishcarbamic
  2. Englishcarbamate
  3. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  6. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  7. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  8. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  9. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  10. Old Javanesejawa
  11. Old JavaneseJawi
  12. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  13. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  14. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  15. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  16. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  17. Catalanbenjuí
  18. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  19. Englishbenzoin
  20. Englishbenzo-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  22. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  23. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  24. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  25. Latindi-
  26. Englishdi-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*né
  28. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  29. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  30. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  31. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  32. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  33. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  34. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  35. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  36. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  37. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  38. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  39. Frenchazote
  40. Englishazote
  41. Englishaz-
  42. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  43. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  44. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  45. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  46. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  47. Frenchhepta-
  48. Englishazepine
  49. Englishdiazepine
  50. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  51. Egyptianjmn
  52. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  53. LatinAmmōn
  54. Latinammoniacus
  55. Englishammonia
  56. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  57. Englisham(ide)
  58. Englishdiazepam
  59. English todaycamazepam

From ca(rba)m(ate) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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