Where does “glycerine” come from?

Glycerine comes from Ancient Greek γλυκύς through Latin -inus and Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European suffix -no-.

glycerine (English): The common name for glycerol, glycerin or E422

Definitions

  1. The common name for glycerol, glycerin or E422

Ancestry of “glycerine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchglycérineglycerine
2French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
3French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
5Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “glycerine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from French -ine →Every word from Latin -a →