English Explanatory Dictionary

azote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Nitrogen.

Pronunciation

/ˈæzəʊt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-azote.wav

Word forms

azote

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Borrowed from French azote, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -τικός (-tikós, “adjective suffix”). Named by French chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier, who saw it as the part of air which cannot sustain life.

Related words

azotate Azotobacter

Derived words

azo- azoted azotemia azotic azotine azotise azotize azotite azoto- azotometer azotosome azotous azoturia siderazote
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