Etymology

oxazole

O1X8A1Z10O1L1E1

Today it means: A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds; the 1,3- isomer is aromatic Full definition →

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

  1. Englishoxi-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*né
  3. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  10. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  11. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  12. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  13. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  14. Frenchazote
  15. Englishazote
  16. Englishazo-
  17. Englishazole
  18. English todayoxazole

From oxi- + -a- + azole.

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