Where does “gazaniaxanthin” come from?

gazaniaxanthin (English) comes from English xanthin, from English xanthine, from French xanthine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

gazaniaxanthin (English): A particular carotenoid

Definitions

  1. A particular carotenoid

Ancestry of “gazaniaxanthin”, step by step

gazaniaxanthin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English xanthin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishxanthinAlternative spelling of xanthine
2EnglishxanthineAny of a group of alkaloids that include...
3Frenchxanthinexanthine
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English gazania

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgazaniaAny flowering plant of the genus Gazania, native to southern Africa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a