Where does “Acetylsäure” come from?

Acetylsäure (German) comes from German Acetyl, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Acetylsäure (German): acetic acid

Definitions

  1. acetic acid

Ancestry of “Acetylsäure”, step by step

Acetylsäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Acetyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAcetylacetyl group
2Latinacētumvinegar
3French-ateate
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →