Where does “cocamidopropyl” come from?
cocamidopropyl (English) comes from English coco, from French coco, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
cocamidopropyl (English): A coconut-derived fatty acid with the terminal hydroxyl group replaced by amidopropyl
Definitions
- A coconut-derived fatty acid with the terminal hydroxyl group replaced by amidopropyl
Ancestry of “cocamidopropyl”, step by step
cocamidopropyl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coco | Coconut palm; Coconut, the fruit of the coconut... |
| 2 | French | coco | Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de... |
| 3 | Middle French | coche | — |
| 4 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 5 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 6 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 7 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 8 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 9 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English amidopropyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amidopropyl | A propyl radical with an amine group substituted for a hydrogen atom |