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Where does “ベータカロテン” come from?

ベータカロテン (Japanese) comes from English beta-carotene, from English carotene, from English carrot, from Middle English karette, from Translingual Caretta, from French caret, from French car, from Latin quare — second-person singular future passive indicative...

ベータカロテン (Japanese): beta-carotene

Definitions

  1. beta-carotene

Ancestry of “ベータカロテン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbeta-caroteneA plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene,...
2EnglishcaroteneA class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary...
3EnglishcarrotA vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root...
4Middle Englishkarette—
5TranslingualCaretta—
6Frenchcaretloggerhead turtle; hawksbill turtle; spool, reel
7Frenchcaras, since, because, for; a single-decked...
8Latinquareby what means, how; from what cause, on what...
9Latinrēs—
10Latinvindicatiocivil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
11Latinvindicō—
12Latinvindexclaimant, vindicator
13Latindīcō—
14Latin-tiō—
15Latindissertātiō—
16Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
17Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
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