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Where does “iminoacetate” come from?

iminoacetate (English) comes from English iminoacetic acid, from English imino, from English imine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

iminoacetate (English): Any salt or ester of iminoacetic acid

Definitions

  1. Any salt or ester of iminoacetic acid

Ancestry of “iminoacetate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishiminoacetic acidThe imino acid NH=CHCOOH derived from acetic...
2EnglishiminoThe divalent radical =NH or =N-R
3EnglishimineAny of a class of organic nitrogen compounds...
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-é—
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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