Where does “karboksyylimetyyliselluloosa” come from?

karboksyylimetyyliselluloosa (Finnish) comes from Finnish selluloosa — cellulose; pulp made of cellulose fibres.

karboksyylimetyyliselluloosa (Finnish): carboxymethylcellulose

Definitions

  1. carboxymethylcellulose

Ancestry of “karboksyylimetyyliselluloosa”, step by step

karboksyylimetyyliselluloosa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selluloosa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselluloosacellulose; pulp made of cellulose fibres

via Finnish karboksyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarboksyylicarboxylic

via Finnish metyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetyylimethyl
Every word from Finnish selluloosa
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