Etymology

cortisuzol

C3O1R1T1I1S1U1Z10O1L1

Today it means: A therapeutic glucocorticoid. Full definition →

English pyrazole ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kert-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
  4. Latincortex
  5. Englishcortico-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kʰolā́
  8. Ancient Greekχολή (kholḗ)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  10. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  11. Frenchcholestérine
  12. Frenchcholestéro
  13. Englishcholesterol
  14. Englishsterol
  15. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  17. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  18. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  19. Englishsteroid
  20. Englishcorticosteroid
  21. Englishsulfonic
  22. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  23. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  24. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  25. Latinpyr
  26. Englishpyro-
  27. Englishpyr-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*né
  29. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  30. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  31. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  32. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  34. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  35. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  36. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  37. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  38. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  39. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  40. Frenchazote
  41. Englishazote
  42. Englishazo-
  43. Englishazole
  44. Englishpyrazole
  45. English todaycortisuzol

From corti(costeroid) + su(lfonic acid) + (pyra)zol(e).

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