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Where does “-oic” come from?

-oic (English) comes from English benzoic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

-oic (English): used to form the names of carboxylic groups and...

Definitions

  1. used to form the names of carboxylic groups and...

Ancestry of “-oic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbenzoicPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “-oic”

  • retinoic
  • docosahexaenoic
  • eicosapentaenoic
  • eicosanoid
  • decanoate
  • ethanoic
  • furoate
  • ethanoate
  • propanoic
  • hexanoate
  • octanoic
  • octanoate
  • perfluorooctanoic
  • octadecenoic
  • butanoic
  • undecanoate
  • butanoate
  • decanoic
  • hexanoic
  • methanoic
  • propanoate
  • naphthoic
  • octadecadienoic
  • octadecanoic
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