Where does “aimínaigéad” come from?

aimínaigéad (Irish) comes from Irish aimín, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

aimínaigéad (Irish): amino acid

Definitions

  1. amino acid

Ancestry of “aimínaigéad”, step by step

aimínaigéad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish aimín

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishaimínamine, amino
2EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Irish aigéad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishaigéadacid
2Old Irishaigéd—
3Latinacētumvinegar
4Latinaceōto be sour
5Proto-Italicakēōbe sharp-tasting, be sour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →