Where does “carbamazepine” come from?
carbamazepine (English) comes from English carbamoyl, from English carbamic, from English carbamide, from English amide, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a.
carbamazepine (English): A synthetic compound of the benzodiazepine class, used as an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug
Definitions
- A synthetic compound of the benzodiazepine class, used as an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug
Ancestry of “carbamazepine”, step by step
carbamazepine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carbamoyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carbamoyl | The univalent radical NH-CO- derived from urea by... |
| 2 | English | carbamic | Of or pertaining to carbamic acid or its... |
| 3 | English | carbamide | urea |
| 4 | English | amide | Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the... |
| 5 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 6 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 7 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English benzazepine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | benzazepine | Any of the class of heterocyclic compounds... |
| 2 | English | azepine | An unsaturated seven-membered heterocycle having... |
| 3 | English | az- | Alternative form of azo-; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | English | azote | Nitrogen |
| 5 | French | azote | nitrogen |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |