Where does “vitaminic” come from?
vitaminic (English) comes from French vitaminique, from French vitamine, from English vitamin, from English vitamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é.
vitaminic (English): Of or pertaining to vitamins; Containing vitamins
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to vitamins; Containing vitamins
Ancestry of “vitaminic”, step by step
vitaminic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French vitaminique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vitaminique | vitamin |
| 2 | French | vitamine | vitamin |
| 3 | English | vitamin | Any of a specific group of organic compounds... |
| 4 | English | vitamine | Obsolete form of vitamin |
| 5 | English | amine | A functional group formally derived from ammonia... |
| 6 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |