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Where does “TBHQ” come from?

TBHQ (English) comes from English tert-butylhydroquinone, from English hydroquinone, from English quinone, from English quinic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem — in.

TBHQ (English): A particular preservative of fats and oils, used...

Definitions

  1. A particular preservative of fats and oils, used...

Ancestry of “TBHQ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtert-butylhydroquinoneA preservative of fats and oils, used in food. An...
2EnglishhydroquinoneThe diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a...
3EnglishquinoneAny of a class of aromatic compounds having two...
4EnglishquinicOf, pertaining to, or derived from quinine
5English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
6EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
7Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
8Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
9Spanishimagenimage
10Italianimmagineimage; imago
11Latinimāginem—
12Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
13Latinīn-—
14Latinîn—
15Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
16Proto-Italicenin
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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