Where does “acetylneuraminic” come from?

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

acetylneuraminic (English): Describing acetyl derivatives of neuraminic acid

Definitions

  1. Describing acetyl derivatives of neuraminic acid

Ancestry of “acetylneuraminic”, step by step

acetylneuraminic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English neuraminic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishneuraminicOf or pertaining to neuraminic acid or its...
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-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

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

Words derived from “acetylneuraminic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en