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Where does “benzoic” come from?

benzoic (English) comes from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.

benzoic (English): Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...

Ancestry of “benzoic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “benzoic”

  • benzoate
  • benzoyl
  • aminobenzoic
  • benzocaine
  • hydroxybenzoic
  • hydroxybenzoate
  • nitrobenzoic
  • aminobenzoate
  • dihydroxybenzoic
  • chlorobenzoate
  • dibenzoyl
  • oxybenzoic
  • benzal
  • benzoylation
  • nitrobenzoate
  • thiobenzoic
  • butamben
  • bromobenzoic
  • mercaptobenzoic
  • benzoyltransferase
  • benzoylmethylecgonine
  • bromobenzoate
  • fluorobenzoate
  • thiobenzoate
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