Where does “Asparaginsäure” come from?

Asparaginsäure (German) comes from German Asparagin, from Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος, from Ancient Greek ἀσφάραγος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ — to jerk, to scatter.

Asparaginsäure (German): aspartic acid (a nonessential amino acid)

Definitions

  1. aspartic acid (a nonessential amino acid)

Ancestry of “Asparaginsäure”, step by step

Asparaginsäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Asparagin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAsparaginasparagine
2Latinasparagusasparagus; shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire
3Ancient Greekἀσπάραγοςasparagus; young shoots
4Ancient Greekἀσφάραγοςthroat, gullet; asparagus; shoots of other plants
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pregʰto jerk, to scatter

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—
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