Etymology

oxathiazole

O1X8A1T1H4I1A1Z10O1L1E1

Today it means: The unsaturated five-membered heterocycle having two carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one sulfur atom, one nitrogen atom and one double bond Full definition →

English thiazole ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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The story

  1. Englishoxa-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  4. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  5. Englishthio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*né
  7. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  9. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  10. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  11. Frenchazote
  12. Englishazote
  13. Englishazo-
  14. Englishazole
  15. Englishthiazole
  16. English todayoxathiazole

From oxa- + thiazole.

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