Where does “tartrazine” come from?
tartrazine (English) comes from English azine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
tartrazine (English): A lemon-yellow azo dye used as a food colouring
Definitions
- A lemon-yellow azo dye used as a food colouring
Ancestry of “tartrazine”, step by step
tartrazine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English azine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | azine | Any of a class of organic compounds, having the... |
| 2 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English Tartar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tartar | Alternative spelling of Tatar; A member of the... |
| 2 | Old French | tartre | flat pastry |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | tartarum | — |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | τάρταρον | — |
| 5 | Arabic | دُرْدِيّ | liquid sediment, lees, amurca |
| 6 | Persian | درد | pain; ache; affliction |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | *dr̥ti- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰṛ-to- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreyd- | to have diarrhea |