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Where does “acetylspermidine” come from?

acetylspermidine (English) comes from English spermidine, from English -idine, from English pyridine, from German Pyridin, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

acetylspermidine (English): An acetyl derivative of spermidine

Definitions

  1. An acetyl derivative of spermidine

Ancestry of “acetylspermidine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspermidineThe triamine "N-butane-1,4-diamine", originally...
2English-idineDenotes a chemical compound containing a ring...
3EnglishpyridineAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
4GermanPyridinpyridine
5German-īn—
6Latin-īnus—
7Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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