Etymology

halazepam

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Today it means: A benzodiazepine drug used to treat obesity. Full definition →

English diazepam ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hā́ls
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̔́λς (hắls)
  4. Englishhalo-
  5. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  8. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  9. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  10. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  11. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  12. Old Javanesejawa
  13. Old JavaneseJawi
  14. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  15. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  16. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  17. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  18. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  19. Catalanbenjuí
  20. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  21. Englishbenzoin
  22. Englishbenzo-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  24. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  25. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  26. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  27. Latindi-
  28. Englishdi-
  29. Proto-Indo-European*né
  30. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  31. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  32. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  33. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  34. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  35. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  36. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  37. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  38. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  39. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  40. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  41. Frenchazote
  42. Englishazote
  43. Englishaz-
  44. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  45. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  46. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  47. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  48. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  49. Frenchhepta-
  50. Englishazepine
  51. Englishdiazepine
  52. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  53. Egyptianjmn
  54. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  55. LatinAmmōn
  56. Latinammoniacus
  57. Englishammonia
  58. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  59. Englisham(ide)
  60. Englishdiazepam
  61. English todayhalazepam

From hal(o)- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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