Etymology

delorazepam

D2E1L1O1R1A1Z10E1P3A1M3

Today it means: An anxiolytic benzodiazepine drug derived from desmethyldiazepam. Full definition →

English diazepam ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdes-
  9. Englishdes-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  11. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  12. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  14. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  15. GermanMethy
  16. Englishmethyl
  17. Englishdesmethyl
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  20. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  21. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  22. Englishchloro-
  23. Englishchlor-
  24. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  25. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  27. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  28. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  29. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  30. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  31. Old Javanesejawa
  32. Old JavaneseJawi
  33. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  34. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  35. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  36. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  37. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  38. Catalanbenjuí
  39. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  40. Englishbenzoin
  41. Englishbenzo-
  42. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  43. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  44. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  45. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  46. Latindi-
  47. Englishdi-
  48. Proto-Indo-European*né
  49. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  50. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  51. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  52. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  53. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  54. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  55. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  56. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  57. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  58. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  59. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  60. Frenchazote
  61. Englishazote
  62. Englishaz-
  63. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  64. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  65. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  66. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  67. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  68. Frenchhepta-
  69. Englishazepine
  70. Englishdiazepine
  71. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  72. Egyptianjmn
  73. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  74. LatinAmmōn
  75. Latinammoniacus
  76. Englishammonia
  77. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  78. Englisham(ide)
  79. Englishdiazepam
  80. English todaydelorazepam

From de(smethyl) + (ch)lor- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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