Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA psychoactive benzodiazepine drug with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.
Origin
- Englishcarbamic
- Englishcarbamate
- Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
- Proto-Indo-European*yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
- Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
- Proto-Austronesian*zawa
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
- Old Javanesejawa
- Old JavaneseJawi
- Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
- Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
- Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
- Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
- Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
- Catalanbenjuí
- Middle Frenchbenjoin
- Englishbenzoin
- Englishbenzo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
- Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
- Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
- Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
- Frenchazote
- Englishazote
- Englishaz-
- Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
- Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
- Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
- Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
- Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
- Frenchhepta-
- Englishazepine
- Englishdiazepine
- English(benzo)diazep(ine)
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englisham(ide)
- Englishdiazepam
- Englishcamazepam
From ca(rba)m(ate) + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 卡馬西泮 /卡马西泮
- 卡馬西泮 /卡马西泮 (kǎmǎxīpàn)benzodiazepine drug
Cite this entry
camazepam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camazepam
“camazepam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camazepam. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “camazepam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camazepam.
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