Etymology

lorazepam

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Today it means: A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety. Full definition →

English diazepam ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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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. 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. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  26. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  27. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  28. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  29. Latindi-
  30. Englishdi-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*né
  32. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  33. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  34. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  35. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  36. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  37. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  38. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  39. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  40. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  41. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  42. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  43. Frenchazote
  44. Englishazote
  45. Englishaz-
  46. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  47. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  48. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  49. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  50. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  51. Frenchhepta-
  52. Englishazepine
  53. Englishdiazepine
  54. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  55. Egyptianjmn
  56. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  57. LatinAmmōn
  58. Latinammoniacus
  59. Englishammonia
  60. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  61. Englisham(ide)
  62. Englishdiazepam
  63. English todaylorazepam

From (ch)lor- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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