Where does “tetramethylrhodamine” come from?

tetramethylrhodamine (English) comes from English rhodamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

tetramethylrhodamine (English): A rhodamine in which four hydrogens have been...

Definitions

  1. A rhodamine in which four hydrogens have been...

Ancestry of “tetramethylrhodamine”, step by step

tetramethylrhodamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rhodamine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrhodamineAny of a class of pink to red polycyclic fluorone...
2EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English tetramethyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtetramethylFour methyl groups in a molecule
2EnglishmethylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH-, formally...
3GermanMethylmethyl
4Ancient Greekμέθυwine
5Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →