Where does “beta-carotene” come from?

beta-carotene (English) comes from English carotene, from English carrot, from Middle English karette, from Translingual Caretta, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin rēs — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...

beta-carotene (English): A plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene,...

Definitions

A plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene,...

Ancestry of “beta-carotene”, step by step

beta-carotene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English carotene

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	carotene	A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary...
2	English	carrot	A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root...
3	Middle English	karette	carrot
4	Translingual	Caretta	genus
5	French	caret	loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel
6	French	car	as, since, because, for; a single-decked...
7	Latin	quare	by what means, how; from what cause, on what...
8	Latin	rēs	thing, object, stuff
9	Latin	vindicatio	civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
10	Latin	vindicō	to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
11	Latin	vindex	claimant, vindicator
12	Latin	dīcō	to say, talk, speak, utter, mention
13	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
14	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
15	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
16	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
17	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...

via English beta

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	beta	The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β,  β), preceded by alpha (Α,  α) and followed by gamma, (Γ,  γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase
2	Hindi	बेटा	son
3	Middle Hindi	بیٿا	—

Words derived from “beta-carotene”

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Every word from Latin dis- →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dīcō →