Where does “aspartate” come from?
Aspartate comes from aspartic, which derives from asparagus via Latin sparagus and Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tós.
aspartate (English): Any salt or ester of aspartic acid
Definitions
- Any salt or ester of aspartic acid
Ancestry of “aspartate”, 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 | — |