Etymology

oxcarbazepine

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Today it means: An anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing drug used primarily in the treatment of epilepsy, a structural derivative of carbamazepine. Full definition →

English carbamazepine ← French hepta- ← Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  5. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  6. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  7. Frenchoxygène
  8. Englishoxygen
  9. Englishoxo-
  10. Englishcarbamic
  11. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  13. Englishcarbamoyl
  14. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  15. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  17. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  18. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  19. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  20. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  21. Old Javanesejawa
  22. Old JavaneseJawi
  23. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  24. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  25. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  26. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  27. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  28. Catalanbenjuí
  29. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  30. Englishbenzoin
  31. Englishbenzo-
  32. Englishbenz-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*né
  34. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  35. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  36. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  37. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  38. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  39. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  40. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  41. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  42. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  43. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  44. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  45. Frenchazote
  46. Englishazote
  47. Englishaz-
  48. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  49. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  50. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  51. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  52. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  53. Frenchhepta-
  54. Englishazepine
  55. Englishbenzazepine
  56. Englishcarbamazepine
  57. English todayoxcarbazepine

From ox(o)- + carb(am)azepine.

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