Where does “dilactyl” come from?

dilactyl (English) comes from English lactyl, from English lactic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

dilactyl (English): Two lactyl groups in a molecule

Definitions

  1. Two lactyl groups in a molecule

Ancestry of “dilactyl”, step by step

dilactyl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lactyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlactylA univalent radical derived from lactic acid
2EnglishlacticOf, relating to, or derived from milk; That...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én