Where does “mercaptobenzoic” come from?

mercaptobenzoic (English) comes from English benzoic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

mercaptobenzoic (English): Of or pertaining to a mercaptobenzoic acid or its...

Definitions

Of or pertaining to a mercaptobenzoic acid or its...

Ancestry of “mercaptobenzoic”, step by step

mercaptobenzoic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English benzoic

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	benzoic	Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...
2	English	-ic	Used to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3	English	image	An optical or other representation of a real...
4	French	image	picture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5	Portuguese	imagem	image; picture; figure; image; image; face
6	Spanish	imagen	image
7	Italian	immagine	image; imago
8	Latin	imāginem	—
9	Latin	im-	Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
11	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
12	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13	Proto-Italic	en	in
14	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via English mercaptan

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	mercaptan	Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, (R-SH) where R represents an alkyl or other organic substituent. They tend to be foul-smelling. They are also termed thiols or thioalcohols
2	German	Mercaptan	mercaptan
3	Latin	captans	capturing
4	Latin	captō	to strive to seize, catch or grasp at
5	Latin	capiō	to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
6	Proto-Italic	kapiō	take
7	Proto-Italic	kapjō	take, seize
8	Proto-Indo-European	kh₂pyéti	—
9	Proto-Indo-European	keh₂p-	to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →