Where does “아미노산” come from?

아미노산 (Korean) comes from Korean 아미노, from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

아미노산 (Korean): amino acid

Definitions

  1. amino acid

Ancestry of “아미노산”, step by step

아미노산 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 아미노

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean아미노amino
2EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
3Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
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

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanmountain; tall hill; acid
2Chinese{{l|en|acid}}
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*səwrto be sour

Words derived from “아미노산

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine