Where does “rhaponticine” come from?
rhaponticine (English) comes from Latin rhaponticum, from Ancient Greek ῥῆον, from Middle Persian rēwand, from Middle Persian lypʾs, from Proto-Iranian (h)rabā́š, from Proto-Indo-Iranian (s)rabʰā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-European -eḱés.
rhaponticine (English): chrysophanic acid
Ancestry of “rhaponticine”, step by step