Where does “butyric” come from?

Butyric comes from French butyrique, from Latin butyricus, meaning of or relating to butter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.

butyric (English): Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter;...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter;...

Ancestry of “butyric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbutyriquebutyric
2Latinbūtȳrumbutter
3Ancient Greekβούτυρονbutter
4Ancient Greekτυρόςcheese
5Proto-Hellenictūróscheese
6Proto-Indo-Europeantuh₂-ró-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “butyric”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuh₂-ró-s →Every word from Proto-Hellenic tūrós →