Where does “carotane” come from?

carotane (English) comes from English carrot, from Middle English karette, from Translingual Caretta, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio — shoe.

carotane (English): A fully saturated derivative of β-carotene with IUPAC name 1,1,3-trimethyl-2-[3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)octadecyl]cyclohexane

Definitions

  1. A fully saturated derivative of β-carotene with IUPAC name 1,1,3-trimethyl-2-[3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)octadecyl]cyclohexane

Ancestry of “carotane”, step by step

carotane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English carrot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarrotA vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root...
2Middle Englishkarettecarrot
3TranslingualCarettagenus
4Frenchcaretloggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel
5Frenchcaras, since, because, for; a single-decked...
6Latinquareby what means, how; from what cause, on what...
7Latinrēsthing, object, stuff
8Latinvindicatiocivil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
9Latinvindicōto lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
10Latinvindexclaimant, vindicator
11Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
12Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
13Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
14Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
15Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
16Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
17Latincalceusshoe

via English ane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishane
Every word from Latin calceus
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