Where does “previtamin” come from?

previtamin (English) comes from English vitamin, from English vitamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

previtamin (English): Synonym of provitamin

Definitions

  1. Synonym of provitamin

Ancestry of “previtamin”, step by step

previtamin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vitamin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvitaminAny of a specific group of organic compounds...
2EnglishvitamineObsolete form of vitamin
3EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpreBefore; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To...
2Latinpraebefore; in front; in front of
3Proto-Italicpraibefore; in front of
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂