Etymology

diazepine

D2I1A1Z10E1P3I1N1E1

Today it means: A seven-membered unsaturated heterocycle having two nitrogen atoms and three double bonds; any derivative of this compound Full definition →

English azepine ← French hepta- ← Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*né
  8. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  10. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  13. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  14. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  15. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  16. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  17. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  18. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  19. Frenchazote
  20. Englishazote
  21. Englishaz-
  22. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  23. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  24. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  25. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  26. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  27. Frenchhepta-
  28. Englishazepine
  29. English todaydiazepine

From di- + azepine.

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