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Where does “carboxylate” come from?

Carboxylate comes from English carboxylic, Latin -atus, Proto-Italic -ātos, and Proto-Indo-European -tós, a suffix forming adjectives from verbal roots.

carboxylate (English): Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid; To form a...

Definitions

  1. Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid; To form a...

Ancestry of “carboxylate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-atehaving the specified thing; characterized by the...
2English-cyUsed to form nouns of state, condition or quality...
3Anglo-Norman-cie—
4Latin-tiaoffice, rank
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “carboxylate”

  • polycarboxylate
  • monocarboxylate
  • carfentanil
  • decarboxylate
  • tricarboxylate
  • decarboxylative
  • thiocarboxylate
  • ketocarboxylate
  • bromocarboxylate
  • cyanocarboxylate
  • oxocarboxylate
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