Meanings
nounpivoxazepam (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA benzodiazepine derivative, the pivalate ester of oxazepam, with sedative and anxiolytic effects.
Origin
- Englishpivalic acid
- Englishpivalate
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
- Frenchhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchhydrogène
- Englishhydrogen
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
- Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchoxygène
- Englishoxygen
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishhydroxyl
- Englishhydroxy-
- 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
- Englishoxazepam
- Englishpivoxazepam
From piv(alate) + oxazepam.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
pivoxazepam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pivoxazepam
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“pivoxazepam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pivoxazepam. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pivoxazepam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pivoxazepam.
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