Etymology

tetrazepam

T1E1T1R1A1Z10E1P3A1M3

Today it means: A benzodiazepine drug with anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, hypnotic and muscle relaxant properties. Full definition →

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

From tetra(hydro) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).

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