Where does “aspartame” come from?
aspartame (English) comes from English aspartic, from English asparagine, from French asparagine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
aspartame (English): An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a...
Definitions
- An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a...
Ancestry of “aspartame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aspartic | Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its... |
| 2 | English | asparagine | A nonessential amino acid CHNO found in plants... |
| 3 | French | asparagine | asparagine |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |