Where does “monostearin” come from?

monostearin (English) comes from English stearin, from French stéarine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

monostearin (English): A monoglyceride of stearic acid

Definitions

  1. A monoglyceride of stearic acid

Ancestry of “monostearin”, step by step

monostearin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stearin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstearinSolid fat; The triglyceride of stearic acid
2Frenchstéarinestearine
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English mono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonoClipping of mononucleosis; A bicycle or...
2Englishmono-API; one, single, only
3Ancient Greekμονο-one; mono-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a