Where does “mercaptosuccinate” come from?

mercaptosuccinate (English) comes from English mercapto-, from English mercaptan, from German Mercaptan, from Latin captans, from Latin captō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

mercaptosuccinate (English): Any salt or ester of mercaptosuccinic acid

Definitions

  1. Any salt or ester of mercaptosuccinic acid

Ancestry of “mercaptosuccinate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmercapto-an organosulfur compound that contains a...
2EnglishmercaptanAny 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
3GermanMercaptanmercaptan
4Latincaptanscapturing
5Latincaptōto strive to seize, catch or grasp at
6Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
7Proto-Italickapiōtake
8Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-