Where does “promazine” come from?
promazine (English) comes from English promethazine, from English phenothiazine, from English thiazine, from English thia-, from English -a-, from French à, from English avie, from French envie — in.
promazine (English): A phenothiazine antipsychotic, with the chemical formula
Definitions
- A phenothiazine antipsychotic, with the chemical formula
Ancestry of “promazine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | promethazine | A first-generation H receptor antagonist derived... |
| 2 | English | phenothiazine | A polycyclic heterocycle consisting of two... |
| 3 | English | thiazine | A six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon... |
| 4 | English | thia- | Used to form the names of chemical compounds... |
| 5 | English | -a- | And; Connective infix encountered in loanwords... |
| 6 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 7 | English | avie | emulously |
| 8 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 9 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 10 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 11 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |