Etymology

veralipride

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Today it means: A benzamide neuroleptic drug indicated in the treatment of vasomotor symptoms associated with the menopause. Full definition →

English sulpiride ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Englishveratryl
  2. Latinālium
  3. Latinallium
  4. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  6. Englishallyl
  7. Latinsulpur
  8. Latinsulfur
  9. Latinsulphur
  10. Anglo-Normansulfre
  11. Middle Englishsulphur
  12. Englishsulf(ur)
  13. Egyptianjmn
  14. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  15. LatinAmmōn
  16. Latinammoniacus
  17. Englishammonia
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  19. Englishamide
  20. Englishsulfamide
  21. Englishsul(famoyl)
  22. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  23. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  24. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  25. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  26. GermanPyrro
  27. Englishpyrrole
  28. Englishpyrrolidine
  29. Englishpyr(rolidinyl)
  30. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  31. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  32. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  33. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  34. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  35. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  36. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  37. Old Javanesejawa
  38. Old JavaneseJawi
  39. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  40. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  41. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  42. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  43. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  44. Catalanbenjuí
  45. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  46. Englishbenzoin
  47. Englishbenzo-
  48. Englishbenz-
  49. Englishamide
  50. English(benzam)ide
  51. Englishsulpiride
  52. English todayveralipride

From vera(tryl) + ally(l) + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).

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