English
azine
Azine comes from French azote ‘nitrogen’, from Ancient Greek ζῶ ‘to live’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷíh₃weti1‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷyṓw-ō1reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*d͏̌ṓwō1‘to live’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζώω1zṓō‘Epic and Ionic form of ζῶ’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζῶ1zô‘to live’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζωή1zōḗ
- Frenchc. 1600–presentazote1‘nitrogen’
- Englishtodayazine1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English azine
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷíh₃wetiWiktionary, English azine‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷyṓw-ōWiktionary, English azinereconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*d͏̌ṓwōWiktionary, English azine‘to live’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζώωWiktionary, English azinezṓō‘Epic and Ionic form of ζῶ’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζῶWiktionary, English azinezô‘to live’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζωήWiktionary, English azinezōḗ
- Frenchc. 1600–presentazoteWiktionary, English azine‘nitrogen’
- EnglishtodayazineWiktionary, English azine
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
biology, viable, vitamin, kidney, revive, hygiene, vitality, zodiac, anaerobic, quicken, quicksilver, quickness, wyvern, biogenesis, 56 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós ‘alive, living’
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti ‘to live, to be alive’
vital, vivid, vivacious, convivial, vivacity, 21 more
through Ancient Greek ζωή
Today it means
noun Any of a class of organic compounds, having the general formula R₂C=NN=CR₂, produced by the action of a carbonyl compound with hydrazine.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “azine”. 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 / azine