Where does “norcarotenoid” come from?

norcarotenoid (English) comes from English carotenoid, from English carotene, from English carrot, from Middle English karette, from Translingual Caretta, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare — second-person singular future passive indicative...

norcarotenoid (English): Any compound formally derived from a carotenoid by removal of a group

Definitions

  1. Any compound formally derived from a carotenoid by removal of a group

Ancestry of “norcarotenoid”, step by step

norcarotenoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English carotenoid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarotenoidAny of a class of yellow to red plant pigments...
2EnglishcaroteneA class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary...
3EnglishcarrotA vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root...
4Middle Englishkarettecarrot
5TranslingualCarettagenus
6Frenchcaretloggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel
7Frenchcaras, since, because, for; a single-decked...
8Latinquareby what means, how; from what cause, on what...
9Latinrēsthing, object, stuff
10Latinvindicatiocivil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
11Latinvindicōto lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
12Latinvindexclaimant, vindicator
13Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
14Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
15Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
16Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
17Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...

via English NOR

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNORA binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation...
2Middle Englishnauther
3Middle Englishnoþer
4Old Englishnāwþerneither
5Old Englishnāhwæþerneither
Every word from Latin disserereEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dīcō