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Where does “nonbenzodiazepine” come from?

nonbenzodiazepine (English) comes from English benzodiazepine, from English diazepine, from English azepine, from English az-, from English azote, from French azote, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.

nonbenzodiazepine (English): A drug that is not a benzodiazepine:...

Definitions

  1. A drug that is not a benzodiazepine:...

Ancestry of “nonbenzodiazepine”, step by step

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