Where does “lorazepam” come from?
Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine drug synthesized in English from chlor- and diazepam, itself derived from English diazepam.
lorazepam (English): A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used...
Definitions
- A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used...
Ancestry of “lorazepam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -azepam | Used to form names of diazepam derivatives |
| 2 | English | diazepam | A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug used... |
| 3 | English | benzodiazepine | Any of a class of psychoactive drugs, structured... |
| 4 | English | diazepine | A seven-membered unsaturated heterocycle having... |
| 5 | English | azepine | An unsaturated seven-membered heterocycle having... |
| 6 | English | az- | Alternative form of azo-; Alternative form of... |
| 7 | English | azote | Nitrogen |
| 8 | French | azote | nitrogen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |