Where does “neoxanthin” come from?

neoxanthin (English) comes from English xanthin, from English xanthine, from French xanthine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

neoxanthin (English): A major xanthophyll found in green leafy...

Definitions

  1. A major xanthophyll found in green leafy...

Ancestry of “neoxanthin”, step by step

neoxanthin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English xanthin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishxanthinAlternative spelling of xanthine
2EnglishxanthineAny of a group of alkaloids that include...
3Frenchxanthinexanthine
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English Neo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNeoAn optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets
2Englishneo-new; contemporary; Having a structure, similar to...
3Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
4Latinfēlēscat
5Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
6Proto-Uralicpidetall
7Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
8Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
9Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a