Where does “diaminopimelic acid” come from?

diaminopimelic acid (English) comes from English diamino, from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

diaminopimelic acid (English): Any diamino derivative of pimelic acid, but...

Definitions

  1. Any diamino derivative of pimelic acid, but...

Ancestry of “diaminopimelic acid”, step by step

diaminopimelic acid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English diamino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiaminoTwo amino groups in a molecule
2EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
3Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English pimelic acid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpimelic acidA dicarboxylic acid, HOCCOH, whose derivatives...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine