Where does “bisbenzamide” come from?

bisbenzamide (English) comes from English benzamide, from English amide, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

bisbenzamide (English): Any compound that has two benzamide groups

Definitions

  1. Any compound that has two benzamide groups

Ancestry of “bisbenzamide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbenzamideThe amide of benzoic acid or any of its...
2EnglishamideAny derivative of an oxoacid in which the...
3English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
4Middle French-ideid (dynast)
5Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →