Where does “ascorbic” come from?
Ascorbic comes from English a- and English and, combined with Latin ad- and Latin ad, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European h₂epo and Proto-Indo-European al-.
ascorbic (English): Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its...
Ancestry of “ascorbic”, step by step
ascorbic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scorbutic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scorbutic | Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy |
| 2 | French | scorbutique | scorbutic |
| 3 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |
via French ascorbique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ascorbique | ascorbic |
| 2 | French | a- | A prefix forming words, especially verbs, that... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |