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Where does “monoglyceride” come from?

monoglyceride (English) comes from English glyceride, from English glycerine, from French glycérine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

monoglyceride (English): a lipid, an ester of glycerol and one fatty acid

Definitions

  1. a lipid, an ester of glycerol and one fatty acid

Ancestry of “monoglyceride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglycerideAn ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid;...
2EnglishglycerineThe common name for glycerol, glycerin or E422
3Frenchglycérineglycerine
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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