Where does “ketocarotenoid” come from?
ketocarotenoid (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...
ketocarotenoid (English): Any carotenoid that contains a ketone group
Definitions
- Any carotenoid that contains a ketone group
Ancestry of “ketocarotenoid”, step by step
ketocarotenoid 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 keto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | keto | The carbonyl group of a ketone; ketogenic;... |