Etymology

cyprazepam

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Today it means: A benzodiazepine drug. Full definition →

English diazepam ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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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. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  23. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  25. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  26. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  27. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  28. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  29. Old Javanesejawa
  30. Old JavaneseJawi
  31. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  32. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  33. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  34. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  35. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  36. Catalanbenjuí
  37. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  38. Englishbenzoin
  39. Englishbenzo-
  40. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  41. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  42. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  43. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  44. Latindi-
  45. Englishdi-
  46. Proto-Indo-European*né
  47. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  48. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  49. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  50. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  51. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  52. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  53. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  54. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  55. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  56. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  57. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  58. Frenchazote
  59. Englishazote
  60. Englishaz-
  61. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  62. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  63. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  64. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  65. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  66. Frenchhepta-
  67. Englishazepine
  68. Englishdiazepine
  69. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  70. Egyptianjmn
  71. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  72. LatinAmmōn
  73. Latinammoniacus
  74. Englishammonia
  75. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  76. Englisham(ide)
  77. Englishdiazepam
  78. English todaycyprazepam

From cy(clo)pr(opyl) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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