Where does “aspartic” come from?
Aspartic derives from asparagus, the English name for the plant, which comes from Latin sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος, an earlier form of ἀσφάραγος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ.
aspartic (English): Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its...
Ancestry of “aspartic”, step by step
| 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 | — |