Where does “Carbonsäure” come from?

Carbonsäure (German) comes from German Säure, from Middle High German siure.

Carbonsäure (German): carboxylic acid

Definitions

  1. carboxylic acid

Ancestry of “Carbonsäure”, step by step

Carbonsäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—

via German carbonium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germancarbonium—

Words derived from “Carbonsäure”

Every word from Middle High German siure →Every word from German Säure →