Etymology

lorapride

L1O1R1A1P3R1I1D2E1

Today it means: An antiulcer drug. Full definition →

English sulpiride ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  4. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  5. Englishchloro-
  6. Englishchlor-
  7. Egyptianjmn
  8. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  9. LatinAmmōn
  10. Latinammoniacus
  11. Englishammonia
  12. Englishamine
  13. Englishamino-
  14. Latinsulpur
  15. Latinsulfur
  16. Latinsulphur
  17. Anglo-Normansulfre
  18. Middle Englishsulphur
  19. Englishsulf(ur)
  20. Englishammonia
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  22. Englishamide
  23. Englishsulfamide
  24. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  25. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  26. Englishsul(famoyl)
  27. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  28. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  29. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  30. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  31. GermanPyrro
  32. Englishpyrrole
  33. Englishpyrrolidine
  34. Englishpyr(rolidinyl)
  35. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  36. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  37. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  38. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  39. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  40. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  41. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  42. Old Javanesejawa
  43. Old JavaneseJawi
  44. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  45. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  46. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  47. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  48. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  49. Catalanbenjuí
  50. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  51. Englishbenzoin
  52. Englishbenzo-
  53. Englishbenz-
  54. Englishamide
  55. English(benzam)ide
  56. Englishsulpiride
  57. English todaylorapride

From (ch)lor- + a(mino)- + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).

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