Where does “phenylbutanoic” come from?

phenylbutanoic (English) comes from English butanoic, from English -oic, from English benzoic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.

phenylbutanoic (English): Of or pertaining to phenylbutanoic acid or its...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to phenylbutanoic acid or its...

Ancestry of “phenylbutanoic”, step by step

phenylbutanoic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English butanoic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbutanoicOf or pertaining to butanoic acid or its...
2English-oicused to form the names of carboxylic groups and...
3EnglishbenzoicPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English phenyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphenylA univalent hydrocarbon radical formally derived...
2Frenchphénylephenyl
3French-yle
4Ancient GreekὝληwood; trees; forest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en