Etymology

nortetrazepam

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Today it means: A benzodiazepine drug. Full definition →

English tetrazepam ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  4. Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
  5. Ancient Greekγνώμων (gnṓmōn)
  6. Latinnorma
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Latinnōrmālis
  10. Englishnormal
  11. Englishnor-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  13. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  14. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  15. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  16. Englishtetra-
  17. Englishhydro
  18. Englishtetrahydro
  19. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  20. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  22. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  23. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  24. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  25. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  26. Old Javanesejawa
  27. Old JavaneseJawi
  28. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  29. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  30. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  31. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  32. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  33. Catalanbenjuí
  34. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  35. Englishbenzoin
  36. Englishbenzo-
  37. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  38. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  39. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  40. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  41. Latindi-
  42. Englishdi-
  43. Proto-Indo-European*né
  44. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  45. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  46. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  47. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  48. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  49. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  50. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  51. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  52. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  53. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  54. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  55. Frenchazote
  56. Englishazote
  57. Englishaz-
  58. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  59. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  60. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  61. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  62. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  63. Frenchhepta-
  64. Englishazepine
  65. Englishdiazepine
  66. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  67. Egyptianjmn
  68. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  69. LatinAmmōn
  70. Latinammoniacus
  71. Englishammonia
  72. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  73. Englisham(ide)
  74. Englishdiazepam
  75. Englishtetrazepam
  76. English todaynortetrazepam

From nor- + tetrazepam.

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