Where does “aminobutyric” come from?
Aminobutyric comes from English amino, from English amine, from English ammonia, from Latin sal ammoniacus, with the adjectival suffix Latin -icus.
aminobutyric (English): Of or pertaining to any of several isomeric...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to any of several isomeric...
Ancestry of “aminobutyric”, step by step
aminobutyric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English amino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amino | Relating to an amine; The amine functional group |
| 2 | English | amino- | Of amines and of the amino functional group |
| 3 | English | amine | A functional group formally derived from ammonia... |
| 4 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English butyric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | butyric | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter;... |
| 2 | French | butyrique | butyric |
| 3 | Latin | būtȳrum | butter |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βούτυρον | butter |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τυρός | cheese |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | tūrós | cheese |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tuh₂-ró-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |