Where does “salicylic acid” come from?

salicylic acid (English) comes from New Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European saləḱ-.

salicylic acid (English): A white crystalline organic acid,...

Definitions

  1. A white crystalline organic acid,...

Ancestry of “salicylic acid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinsalixwillow; a willow branch
2Proto-Indo-Europeansaləḱ-—

Words derived from “salicylic acid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European saləḱ- →Every word from New Latin salix →