Etymology

dibenzodiazepine

Today it means: Any of a class of antipsychotic drugs having a structure based on a diazepine heterocycle fused to two benzene rings Full definition →

English diazepine ← 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. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  10. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  11. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  12. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  13. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  14. Old Javanesejawa
  15. Old JavaneseJawi
  16. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  17. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  18. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  19. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  20. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  21. Catalanbenjuí
  22. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  23. Englishbenzoin
  24. Englishbenzo-
  25. Englishdi-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*né
  27. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  28. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  29. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  30. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  32. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  33. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  34. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  35. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  36. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  37. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  38. Frenchazote
  39. Englishazote
  40. Englishaz-
  41. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  42. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  43. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  44. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  45. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  46. Frenchhepta-
  47. Englishazepine
  48. Englishdiazepine
  49. English todaydibenzodiazepine

From di- + benzo- + diazepine.

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