Where does “zaragozic acid” come from?
zaragozic acid (English) comes from English Zaragoza, from Spanish Zaragoza, from Old Spanish Saragoça, from Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة, from Latin Caesaraugusta, from Latin augusta, from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.
zaragozic acid (English): Any of a family of natural products from fungi...
Definitions
- Any of a family of natural products from fungi...
Ancestry of “zaragozic acid”, step by step
zaragozic acid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Zaragoza
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Zaragoza | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Zaragoza | — |
| 3 | Old Spanish | Saragoça | — |
| 4 | Arabic | سَرَقُسْطَة | — |
| 5 | Latin | Caesaraugusta | the modern Zaragoza |
| 6 | Latin | augusta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 7 | Latin | Augustus | venerable |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
via English acid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acid | Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having... |
| 2 | French | acide | acid, acidic, sour, tart; acid, acidic; acid |
| 3 | Latin | acidus | sour, tart, acid, bitter; harsh, grating, rough,... |
| 4 | Latin | aceō | to be sour |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | akēō | be sharp-tasting, be sour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |