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
- The common name for glycerol, glycerin or E422
Ancestry of “glycerine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | glycérine | glycerine |
| 2 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 3 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 4 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 5 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “glycerine”