Where does “nutraceutical” come from?
nutraceutical (English) comes from English pharmaceutical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.
nutraceutical (English): A nutrient or food believed to have curative...
Definitions
- A nutrient or food believed to have curative...
Ancestry of “nutraceutical”, step by step
nutraceutical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pharmaceutical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pharmaceutical | Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; A... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English nutrient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nutrient | A source of nourishment, such as food, that can... |
| 2 | Latin | nūtriēns | feeding (off of), nourishing (from) |
| 3 | Latin | nūtriō | to suckle, breastfeed, nurse |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | snoutrjō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | snew-tr-ih₂ | female nurser |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₂- | to swim; to float |