Where does “cyanoacrylate” come from?
cyanoacrylate (English) comes from English acrylate, from English acrylic, from English acryl, from English acrolein, from Latin ācer, from Latin saccharum, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ, from Sanskrit शर्करा — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
cyanoacrylate (English): Any of a class of esters of cyanoacrylic acid...
Definitions
- Any of a class of esters of cyanoacrylic acid...
Ancestry of “cyanoacrylate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | acrylate | Any salt or ester of acrylic acid |
| 2 | English | acrylic | Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile;... |
| 3 | English | acryl | The univalent radical derived from acrylic acid... |
| 4 | English | acrolein | A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde,... |
| 5 | Latin | ācer | — |
| 6 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 8 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |