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Where does “methylparaben” come from?

methylparaben (English) comes from English paraben, from English hydroxybenzoate, from English benzoate, from English benzoic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem — in.

methylparaben (English): A preservative and antifungal agent, the methyl...

Definitions

  1. A preservative and antifungal agent, the methyl...

Ancestry of “methylparaben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparabenAny of a group of chemicals used as preservatives...
2EnglishhydroxybenzoateAny salt or ester of hydroxybenzoic acid
3EnglishbenzoateAny salt or ester of benzoic acid
4EnglishbenzoicPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...
5English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
6EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
7Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
8Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
9Spanishimagenimage
10Italianimmagineimage; imago
11Latinimāginem—
12Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
13Latinīn-—
14Latinîn—
15Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
16Proto-Italicenin
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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