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Where does “acetilo” come from?

acetilo (Spanish) comes from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

acetilo (Spanish): acetyl

Definitions

  1. acetyl

Ancestry of “acetilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinacētum—
2French-ate-ate
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “acetilo”

  • acetilsalicílico
  • acetilmurámico
  • acetilneuramínico
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →