Where does “acetylisoquinoline” come from?

acetylisoquinoline (English) comes from English isoquinoline, from English quinoline, from English quinine, from French quinine, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque — five.

acetylisoquinoline (English): An acetyl derivative of isoquinoline whose...

Definitions

  1. An acetyl derivative of isoquinoline whose...

Ancestry of “acetylisoquinoline”, step by step

acetylisoquinoline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English isoquinoline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishisoquinolineAn isomer of quinoline, many of whose derivatives...
2EnglishquinolineAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
3EnglishquinineA bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived...
4Frenchquininequinine
5Spanishquinaquinine; toxic wine; double five
6Latinquinanominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative...
7Latinquinifive each; five at a time
8Latinquinquefive; 5
9Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via English acetyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacetylThe univalent radical CHCO- derived from acetic...
2Englishacet-Alternative spelling of aceto-, used before...
3Latinacētumvinegar
4French-ateate
5Latin-ātused
6Proto-Italic-ātos
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷeEvery word from Latin quinque