Where does “trihydroxymethylanthraquinone” come from?

trihydroxymethylanthraquinone (English) comes from English anthraquinone, from English quinone, from English quinic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.

trihydroxymethylanthraquinone (English): Any trihydroxy, methyl derivative of...

Definitions

  1. Any trihydroxy, methyl derivative of...

Ancestry of “trihydroxymethylanthraquinone”, step by step

trihydroxymethylanthraquinone traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English anthraquinone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanthraquinoneA tricyclic quinone, derived from anthracene; Any...
2EnglishquinoneAny of a class of aromatic compounds having two...
3EnglishquinicOf, pertaining to, or derived from quinine
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English trihydroxy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrihydroxyThree hydroxy groups in a molecule
2EnglishhydroxyBeing, or containing a hydroxyl radical; Clipping...
3EnglishOxyOccidental College
4EnglishoxygenThe chemical element with an atomic number of 8...
5Frenchoxygèneoxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##...
6Ancient Greekγένοςoffspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race
7Proto-Hellenicgénosfamily; race
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English methyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH-, formally...
2GermanMethylmethyl
3Ancient Greekμέθυwine
4Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en