Etymology

etacepride

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English sulpiride ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  3. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  5. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  6. Latinaethēr
  7. GermanÄther
  8. GermanEther
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. GermanEthy
  12. Englishethyl
  13. Englisheth-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  16. Proto-Italic*akēō
  17. Latinaceō
  18. Latinacēscō
  19. Latinacētum
  20. Englishaceto-
  21. Englishacet-
  22. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  23. Englishacetyl
  24. Latinsulpur
  25. Latinsulfur
  26. Latinsulphur
  27. Anglo-Normansulfre
  28. Middle Englishsulphur
  29. Englishsulf(ur)
  30. Egyptianjmn
  31. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  32. LatinAmmōn
  33. Latinammoniacus
  34. Englishammonia
  35. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  36. Englishamide
  37. Englishsulfamide
  38. Englishsul(famoyl)
  39. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  40. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  41. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  42. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  43. GermanPyrro
  44. Englishpyrrole
  45. Englishpyrrolidine
  46. Englishpyr(rolidinyl)
  47. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  48. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  49. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  50. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  51. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  52. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  53. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  54. Old Javanesejawa
  55. Old JavaneseJawi
  56. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  57. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  58. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  59. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  60. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  61. Catalanbenjuí
  62. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  63. Englishbenzoin
  64. Englishbenzo-
  65. Englishbenz-
  66. Englishamide
  67. English(benzam)ide
  68. Englishsulpiride
  69. English todayetacepride

From eth- + ace(tyl) + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).

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