-apine

/ə.piːn/

suffix

Used to form names of psychoactive tricyclic compounds.

Meanings

suffix
  1. medicineUsed to form names of psychoactive tricyclic compounds.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  4. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  5. Englishchlo(ro)-
  6. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  9. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  10. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  11. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  12. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  13. Old Javanesejawa
  14. Old JavaneseJawi
  15. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  16. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  17. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  18. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  19. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  20. Catalanbenjuí
  21. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  22. Englishbenzoin
  23. Englishbenzo-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  25. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  26. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  27. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  28. Latindi-
  29. Englishdi-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*né
  31. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  32. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  33. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  34. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  35. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  36. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  37. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  38. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  39. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  40. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  41. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  42. Frenchazote
  43. Englishazote
  44. Englishaz-
  45. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  46. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  47. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  48. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  49. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  50. Frenchhepta-
  51. Englishazepine
  52. Englishdiazepine
  53. Englishclozapine
  54. English-apine

From clozapine.

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APA

-apine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-apine

MLA

“-apine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-apine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-apine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-apine.

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