Where does “docosahexaenoyl” come from?

docosahexaenoyl (English) comes from English docosahexaenoic, from English -oic, from English benzoic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.

docosahexaenoyl (English): The univalent radical derived from docosahexaenoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group

Definitions

  1. The univalent radical derived from docosahexaenoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group

Ancestry of “docosahexaenoyl”, step by step

docosahexaenoyl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English docosahexaenoic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdocosahexaenoicOf or pertaining to docosahexaenoic acid or its...
2English-oicused to form the names of carboxylic groups and...
3EnglishbenzoicPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English YL

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYLA female radio amateur; Initialism of young...
2Englishyoung ladyUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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