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Where does “-azepam” come from?

-azepam (English) comes from English diazepam, from English benzodiazepine, from English diazepine, from English azepine, from English az-, from English azote, from French azote, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.

-azepam (English): Used to form names of diazepam derivatives

Definitions

  1. Used to form names of diazepam derivatives

Ancestry of “-azepam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiazepamA tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug used...
2EnglishbenzodiazepineAny of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured...
3EnglishdiazepineA seven-membered unsaturated heterocycle having...
4EnglishazepineAn unsaturated seven-membered heterocycle having...
5Englishaz-Alternative form of azo-; Alternative form of...
6EnglishazoteNitrogen
7Frenchazotenitrogen
8Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
9Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
10Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
11Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “-azepam”

  • lorazepam
  • alprazolam
  • methyllorazepam
  • flunitrazepam
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