Where does “adenosylcobalamin” come from?

adenosylcobalamin (English) comes from English cobalamin, from English vitamin, from English vitamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

adenosylcobalamin (English): cobamamide

Definitions

  1. cobamamide

Ancestry of “adenosylcobalamin”, step by step

adenosylcobalamin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cobalamin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcobalaminAny of several forms of vitamin B depending on...
2EnglishvitaminAny of a specific group of organic compounds...
3EnglishvitamineObsolete form of vitamin
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English adenosyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadenosylThe univalent radical derived from adenosine
2English-ylA univalent radical or functional group formed...
3Frenchméthylènemethylene
4Ancient Greekμέθυwine
5Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂