Etymology

diazine

D2I1A1Z10I1N1E1

Today it means: Any six-membered aromatic heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, two nitrogen atoms and three double bonds Full definition →

English azote ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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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. English todaydiazine

di- + az(ote) + -ine

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