Where does “비타민 D” come from?

비타민 D (Korean) comes from English vitamin D, from English vitamin, from English vitamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

비타민 D (Korean): vitamin D

Definitions

  1. vitamin D

Ancestry of “비타민 D”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishvitamin DAny of a number of fat-soluble vitamins, required for normal bone development and preventing rickets, that can be manufactured in the skin on exposure to sunlight
2EnglishvitaminAny of a specific group of organic compounds...
3EnglishvitamineObsolete form of vitamin
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine