Where does “tert-butylhydroquinone” come from?
tert-butylhydroquinone (English) comes from English hydroquinone, from English quinone, from English quinic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
tert-butylhydroquinone (English): A preservative of fats and oils, used in food. An...
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- A preservative of fats and oils, used in food. An...
Ancestry of “tert-butylhydroquinone”, step by step
tert-butylhydroquinone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hydroquinone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hydroquinone | The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a... |
| 2 | English | quinone | Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two... |
| 3 | English | quinic | Of, pertaining to, or derived from quinine |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English tert-butyl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tert-butyl | Synonym of tertiary butyl |
| 2 | English | tert- | tertiary form |
| 3 | Hungarian | tér | space; room; field |
| 4 | German | Teer | tar |
| 5 | Middle Low German | ter | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | terwą | tar |
| 7 | Pre-Germanic | derwom | — |
| 8 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |