Etymograph

English

azalogue

Azalogue comes from French azote ‘nitrogen’, from Ancient Greek ζῶ ‘to live’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷíh₃weti1‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷyṓw-ō1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*d͏̌ṓwō1‘to live’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζώω1zṓō‘Epic and Ionic form of ζῶ’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζῶ1zô‘to live’
  6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζωή1zōḗ
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentazote1‘nitrogen’
  8. English1500–presentazote1
  9. Englishtodayazalogue1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English azalogue

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷíh₃wetiWiktionary, English azalogue‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷyṓw-ōWiktionary, English azaloguereconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*d͏̌ṓwōWiktionary, English azalogue‘to live’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζώωWiktionary, English azaloguezṓō‘Epic and Ionic form of ζῶ’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζῶWiktionary, English azaloguezô‘to live’
  6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζωήWiktionary, English azaloguezōḗ
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentazoteWiktionary, English azalogue‘nitrogen’
  8. English1500–presentazoteWiktionary, English azalogue
  9. EnglishtodayazalogueWiktionary, English azalogue

A compound of aza- + -logue

Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti ‘to live, to be alive’

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Ancient Greek ζῶ ‘to live’

Ancient Greek ζωή

French azote ‘nitrogen’

English azote ‘nitrogen’

English aza-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’

kidney, vitamin, viable, biology, hygiene, revive, zodiac, vitality, anaerobic, quicken, quicksilver, quickness, wyvern, biogenesis, 56 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós ‘alive, living’

quick, couch, vive, 32 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti ‘to live, to be alive’

vital, vivid, vivacious, vivacity, convivial, 21 more

through Ancient Greek ζωή

zoe, 11 more

Today it means

noun A compound that is analogous to another, the only difference being that a carbon atom (normally a CH group) has been replaced with a nitrogen one

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “azalogue”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti / azalogue

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