Etymology

oxazepam

O1X8A1Z10E1P3A1M3

Today it means: A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat anxiety states and insomnia; 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₅H₁₁ClN₂O₂. Full definition →

English diazepam ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  5. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  6. Frenchhydro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  9. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  10. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  11. Frenchhydrogène
  12. Englishhydrogen
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  14. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  15. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  16. Frenchoxygène
  17. Englishoxygen
  18. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  19. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  20. Englishhydroxyl
  21. Englishhydroxy-
  22. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  23. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  25. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  26. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  27. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  28. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  29. Old Javanesejawa
  30. Old JavaneseJawi
  31. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  32. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  33. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  34. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  35. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  36. Catalanbenjuí
  37. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  38. Englishbenzoin
  39. Englishbenzo-
  40. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  41. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  42. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  43. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  44. Latindi-
  45. Englishdi-
  46. Proto-Indo-European*né
  47. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  48. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  49. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  50. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  51. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  52. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  53. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  54. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  55. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  56. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  57. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  58. Frenchazote
  59. Englishazote
  60. Englishaz-
  61. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  62. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  63. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  64. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  65. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  66. Frenchhepta-
  67. Englishazepine
  68. Englishdiazepine
  69. English(benzo)diazep(ine)
  70. Egyptianjmn
  71. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  72. LatinAmmōn
  73. Latinammoniacus
  74. Englishammonia
  75. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  76. Englisham(ide)
  77. Englishdiazepam
  78. English todayoxazepam

From (hydr)ox(y)- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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