Etymology of the English word zidovudine
the English word
zidovudinederived from the English word
azidothymidinederived from the English word
thymidinederived from the English word
thyminederived from the English word
thymicderived from the English word
thymederived from the Old French word
thymderived from the Latin word
thymum (thyme)
derived from the Greek word
thumon, ϑύμον
derived from the Greek word
thuein, θύω (properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke); to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose))
using the English suffix
-icusing the English suffix
-inederived from the English word
thymicusing the English suffix
-ineusing the English suffix
-idederived from the English word
oxidederived from the English word
azidousing the English prefix
-o-derived from the English word
azideusing the English suffix
-idederived from the English word
oxideusing the English prefix
azo-derived from the French word
azoteusing the Greek prefix
a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)
derived from the Greek word
azotosderived from the Greek word
zoe, ζωή (life )
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷei- (to live)
derived from the French word
a-using the English prefix
az-Usage
Word found in Modern English
