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
carboxymethylcellulose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carboxymethyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | — |
via English cellulose
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 2 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 3 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 4 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |