Where does “ケトペントース” come from?

ケトペントース (Japanese) comes from English ketopentose, from English keto-, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum, from French -ate — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ケトペントース (Japanese): ketopentose

Definitions

  1. ketopentose

Ancestry of “ケトペントース”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishketopentoseA pentose that is also a ketose
2Englishketo-Derived from, substituted with, or involving a...
3EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
4GermanKetonketone
5GermanAketonacetone
6Frenchacétoneacetone
7Latinacētumvinegar
8French-ateate
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos