Where does “acetoacetyl” come from?
acetoacetyl (English) comes from English acetyl, from English acet-, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
acetoacetyl (English): The univalent radical CHCO-CHCO- derived from...
Definitions
- The univalent radical CHCO-CHCO- derived from...
Ancestry of “acetoacetyl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | acetyl | The univalent radical CHCO- derived from acetic... |
| 2 | English | acet- | Alternative spelling of aceto-, used before... |
| 3 | Latin | acētum | — |
| 4 | French | -ate | -ate |
| 5 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |