Where does “orthophthalic” come from?

orthophthalic (English) comes from English phthalic, from English naphthalic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

orthophthalic (English): Relating to ortho isomers of phthalic compounds

Definitions

  1. Relating to ortho isomers of phthalic compounds

Ancestry of “orthophthalic”, step by step

orthophthalic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English phthalic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishphthalicof, relating to, or derived from naphthalene or...
2EnglishnaphthalicOf, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ortho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorthoAn isomer of a benzene derivative having two...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én