Where does “salicylic” come from?

Salicylic derives from English salicyl combined with French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.

salicylic (English): Derived from salicin

Definitions

  1. Derived from salicin

Ancestry of “salicylic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsalicylThe hydroxybenzoyl radical derived from salicylic...
2Latinsalixwillow; a willow branch
3Proto-Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—

Words derived from “salicylic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →Every word from Latin salix →Every word from English salicyl →