Where does “acrylamide” come from?
Acrylamide is a backformation from acrylic plus amide, with amide deriving from English ammonia, which comes from Latin sal ammoniacus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον.
acrylamide (English): The amide of acrylic acid, CH=CH.CONH; used in...
Definitions
- The amide of acrylic acid, CH=CH.CONH; used in...
Ancestry of “acrylamide”, step by step
acrylamide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acryl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acryl | The univalent radical derived from acrylic acid... |
| 2 | English | acrolein | A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde,... |
| 3 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 4 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 6 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via English amide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amide | Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the... |
| 2 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 4 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |