Etymology

diazepam

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Today it means: A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety. Full definition →

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

From (benzo)diazep(ine) + am(ide).

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