Etymology

cipropride

C3I1P3R1O1P3R1I1D2E1

Today it means: An antiemetic drug. Full definition →

English sulpiride ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  5. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  6. Late Latincyclus
  7. Middle Englishcicle
  8. Englishcycle
  9. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  10. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  11. Classical Latincyclicu
  12. Middle Frenchcyclique
  13. Frenchcyclique
  14. Classical Latincyclicus
  15. Englishcyclic
  16. Englishcyclo-
  17. Englishpropane
  18. Englishcyclopropane
  19. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  20. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  21. Englishcyclopropyl
  22. Latinsulpur
  23. Latinsulfur
  24. Latinsulphur
  25. Anglo-Normansulfre
  26. Middle Englishsulphur
  27. Englishsulf(ur)
  28. Egyptianjmn
  29. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  30. LatinAmmōn
  31. Latinammoniacus
  32. Englishammonia
  33. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  34. Englishamide
  35. Englishsulfamide
  36. Englishsul(famoyl)
  37. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  38. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  39. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  40. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  41. GermanPyrro
  42. Englishpyrrole
  43. Englishpyrrolidine
  44. Englishpyr(rolidinyl)
  45. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  46. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  47. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  48. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  49. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  50. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  51. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  52. Old Javanesejawa
  53. Old JavaneseJawi
  54. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  55. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  56. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  57. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  58. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  59. Catalanbenjuí
  60. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  61. Englishbenzoin
  62. Englishbenzo-
  63. Englishbenz-
  64. Englishamide
  65. English(benzam)ide
  66. Englishsulpiride
  67. English todaycipropride

From cy(clo)pro(pyl) + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).

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