Etymology

glipalamide

G2L1I1P3A1L1A1M3I1D2E1

Today it means: An antidiabetic drug. Full definition →

English sulfonamide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  8. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  9. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  10. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  11. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  12. Englishhyper-
  13. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  14. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  15. Englishglyc-
  16. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  17. Englishglycemia
  18. Englishhyperglycemia
  19. Englishhyperglycemic
  20. Englishantihyperglycemic
  21. Englishgli-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  23. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  24. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  25. Latinpyr
  26. Englishpyro-
  27. Englishpyr-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*né
  29. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  30. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  31. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  32. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  34. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  35. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  36. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  37. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  38. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  39. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  40. Frenchazote
  41. Englishazote
  42. Englishazo-
  43. Englishazole
  44. Englishpyrazole
  45. Englishsulfon(ic acid)
  46. Egyptianjmn
  47. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  48. LatinAmmōn
  49. Latinammoniacus
  50. Englishammonia
  51. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  52. Englishamide
  53. Englishsulfonamide
  54. English todayglipalamide

From gli- (“antihyperglycemic”) + p(yr)a(zo)le + (sulfon)amide.

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