Where does “phthalamide” come from?
phthalamide (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.
phthalamide (English): The amide of phthalic acid
Definitions
- The amide of phthalic acid
Ancestry of “phthalamide”, step by step
phthalamide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English phthalic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phthalic | of, relating to, or derived from naphthalene or... |
| 2 | English | naphthalic | Of, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from... |
| 3 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 4 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 5 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 7 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 8 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 9 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 10 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English amide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amide | Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the... |
| 2 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 4 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |