Where does “diazoxide” come from?
diazoxide (English) comes from English benzothiadiazine, from English thiadiazine, from English thia-, from English -a-, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia — in.
diazoxide (English): A potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin
Definitions
- A potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin
Ancestry of “diazoxide”, step by step
diazoxide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English benzothiadiazine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | benzothiadiazine | A bicyclic heterocyclic benzene derivative with the heterocycle containing two nitrogens and one sulfur |
| 2 | English | thiadiazine | A six-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one sulfur atom, two nitrogen atoms and two double bonds |
| 3 | English | thia- | Used to form the names of chemical compounds... |
| 4 | English | -a- | And; Connective infix encountered in loanwords... |
| 5 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 6 | English | avie | emulously |
| 7 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 8 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 9 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 10 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English dioxide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dioxide | Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each... |
| 2 | English | oxide | A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another... |
| 3 | French | oxide | Obsolete spelling of oxyde |
| 4 | French | acide | acid, acidic, sour, tart; acid, acidic; acid |
| 5 | Latin | acidus | sour, tart, acid, bitter; harsh, grating, rough,... |
| 6 | Latin | aceō | to be sour |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | akēō | be sharp-tasting, be sour |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |