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Where does “quercitannic” come from?

quercitannic (English) comes from English tannic, from French tannique, from French tan, from French ta, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “quercitannic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtannicPertaining to, containing, or obtained from...
2Frenchtanniquetannic
3Frenchtanpulped oak bark used in the tanning process
4Frenchtayour
5Old Frenchtayour
6Latintuainflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latintuusyour
8Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
9Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
10Polishtuhere
11Polishbyćto be
12Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
13Old Polishmóc—
14Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
16Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →