Etymology

thiazole

T1H4I1A1Z10O1L1E1

Today it means: Any of a class of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of three carbon atoms, a sulphur and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C₃H₃SN Full definition →

English azole ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  8. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  12. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  13. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  14. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  15. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  16. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  17. Frenchazote
  18. Englishazote
  19. Englishazo-
  20. Englishazole
  21. English todaythiazole

From thio- + azole.

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