Where does “Eicosapentaensäure” come from?

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

Eicosapentaensäure (German): eicosapentaenoic acid

Definitions

  1. eicosapentaenoic acid

Ancestry of “Eicosapentaensäure”, step by step

Eicosapentaensäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—

via German en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanen—
Every word from Middle High German siure →Every word from German Säure →