Where does “pteroylaspartic” come from?
pteroylaspartic (English) comes from English aspartic, from English asparagine, from French asparagine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
pteroylaspartic (English): Designating an antimetabolite acid used in...
Definitions
- Designating an antimetabolite acid used in...
Ancestry of “pteroylaspartic”, step by step
pteroylaspartic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aspartic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aspartic | Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its... |
| 2 | English | asparagine | A nonessential amino acid CHNO found in plants... |
| 3 | French | asparagine | asparagine |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English pteroyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pteroyl | A univalent polycyclic heterocyclic acyl radical... |
| 2 | English | pteridine | A bicyclic aromatic heterocycle consisting of... |
| 3 | English | -idine | Denotes a chemical compound containing a ring... |
| 4 | English | pyridine | Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds... |
| 5 | German | Pyridin | pyridine |
| 6 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -inъ | -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with... |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | -aninъ | — |