Where does “nitrooleic” come from?

nitrooleic (English) comes from English oleic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

nitrooleic (English): Relating to 9- or 10-nitrooleic acid

Definitions

  1. Relating to 9- or 10-nitrooleic acid

Ancestry of “nitrooleic”, step by step

nitrooleic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oleic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisholeicOf or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English Nitro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNitroThe univalent NO2 functional group
2EnglishnitrocelluloseA cotton-like material, made from cellulose by...
3EnglishcelluloseA complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
4Frenchcellulosecellulose
5Frenchcellulecell; table cell
6Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en