Where does “carboxymethylcellulose” come from?
carboxymethylcellulose (English) comes from English carboxymethyl, from English carboxy, from English carboxyl, from English carbonyl, from English carbon, from English budget, from Middle English bogett, from Old French bougette.
carboxymethylcellulose (English): The product of the reaction of cellulose with...
Definitions
- The product of the reaction of cellulose with...
Ancestry of “carboxymethylcellulose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | carboxymethyl | The univalent radical -CH-COOH derived from... |
| 2 | English | carboxy | The carboxyl group |
| 3 | English | carboxyl | A univalent functional group consisting of a... |
| 4 | English | carbonyl | In organic chemistry, a divalent functional... |
| 5 | English | carbon | The chemical element with an atomic number of 6.... |
| 6 | English | budget | The amount of money or resources earmarked for a... |
| 7 | Middle English | bogett | — |
| 8 | Old French | bougette | — |
| 9 | Old French | bouge | sack; purse; small bag |
| 10 | Latin | bulga | knapsack, wallet, satchel; wallet, purse; womb |
| 11 | Gaulish | bolgā | bag, sack |
| 12 | Proto-Celtic | bolgos | sack, bag; stomach |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |