Etymology

thioridazine

T1H4I1O1R1I1D2A1Z10I1N1E1

Today it means: A synthetic compound derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer, chiefly in the treatment of mental illness. Full definition →

English (phenothi)azine ← Latin piper ← Ancient Greek πέπερῐ (péperĭ)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Ancient Greekπέπερῐ (péperĭ)
  6. Latinpiper
  7. English(pipe)rid(ine)
  8. English(phenothi)azine
  9. English todaythioridazine

From thio- + (pipe)rid(ine) + (phenothi)azine.

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