Where does “epoxycarotenoid” come from?
epoxycarotenoid (English) comes from English carotenoid, from English carotene, from English carrot, from Middle English karette, from Translingual Caretta, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare — second-person singular future passive indicative...
epoxycarotenoid (English): Any epoxy derivative of a carotenoid, especially one involved in the biosynthesis of abscisic acid
Definitions
- Any epoxy derivative of a carotenoid, especially one involved in the biosynthesis of abscisic acid
Ancestry of “epoxycarotenoid”, step by step
epoxycarotenoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carotenoid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carotenoid | Any of a class of yellow to red plant pigments... |
| 2 | English | carotene | A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary... |
| 3 | English | carrot | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root... |
| 4 | Middle English | karette | carrot |
| 5 | Translingual | Caretta | genus |
| 6 | French | caret | loggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel |
| 7 | French | car | as, since, because, for; a single-decked... |
| 8 | Latin | quare | by what means, how; from what cause, on what... |
| 9 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 10 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 11 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 12 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 13 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 14 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 15 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 16 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 17 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
via English epoxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | epoxy | Derived from an epoxide; A thermosetting... |
| 2 | English | -oxy | A ether functional group, consisting of a carbon... |
| 3 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 4 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |