Where does “butylparaben” come from?
butylparaben (English) comes from English paraben, from English hydroxybenzoate, from English benzoate, from English benzoic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem — in.
butylparaben (English): A paraben, the butyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic...
Definitions
- A paraben, the butyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic...
Ancestry of “butylparaben”, step by step
butylparaben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English paraben
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paraben | Any of a group of chemicals used as preservatives... |
| 2 | English | hydroxybenzoate | Any salt or ester of hydroxybenzoic acid |
| 3 | English | benzoate | Any salt or ester of benzoic acid |
| 4 | English | benzoic | Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived... |
| 5 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 6 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 7 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 8 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 9 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 10 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 11 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 12 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 13 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 14 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 15 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |