Where does “pivalic” come from?

pivalic (English) comes from English valeric, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

pivalic (English): Relating to pivalic acid or its derivatives

Definitions

  1. Relating to pivalic acid or its derivatives

Ancestry of “pivalic”, step by step

pivalic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English valeric

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

via English pinacolin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpinacolinA colourless oily liquid related to the ketones,...
2EnglishpinaconeSynonym of pinacol
3English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
4EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
5GermanKetonketone
6GermanAketonacetone
7Frenchacétoneacetone
8Latinacētumvinegar
9French-ateate
10Latin-ātused
11Proto-Italic-ātos
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “pivalic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én