Where does “asparaginate” come from?
asparaginate (English) comes from English asparagine, from French asparagine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
asparaginate (English): Any salt or ester of asparagine, such as potassium asparaginate or magnesium asparaginate
Definitions
- Any salt or ester of asparagine, such as potassium asparaginate or magnesium asparaginate
Ancestry of “asparaginate”, step by step
asparaginate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English asparagine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | asparagine | A nonessential amino acid CHNO found in plants... |
| 2 | French | asparagine | asparagine |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English asparaginic acid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | asparaginic acid | — |