Where does “tetraacetic” come from?
tetraacetic (English) comes from English acetic, from French acétique, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
tetraacetic (English): Designating four acetic residues
Definitions
- Designating four acetic residues
Ancestry of “tetraacetic”, step by step