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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | — |
Words derived from “ascorbic”