Where does “alkalamide” come from?

alkalamide (English) comes from English amide, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

alkalamide (English): One of a series of compounds that may be regarded...

Definitions

  1. One of a series of compounds that may be regarded...

Ancestry of “alkalamide”, step by step

alkalamide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English amide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamideAny derivative of an oxoacid in which the...
2English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
3Middle French-ideid (dynast)
4Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English alkali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalkaliOne of a class of caustic bases, such as soda,...
2Frenchalcalialkali
3Medieval Latinalcali
4Arabicاَلْقِلْي
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -isEvery word from Latin -a