Where does “nicotinamida” come from?
nicotinamida (Spanish) comes from Spanish amida, from French amide, from French ammoniac, from Latin ammoniacum, from Ancient Greek ἀμμωνιακόν, from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων, from Egyptian jmn, from Egyptian mn — to chew.
nicotinamida (Spanish): nicotinamide
Definitions
- nicotinamide
Ancestry of “nicotinamida”, step by step
nicotinamida traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish amida
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | amida | amide |
| 2 | French | amide | amide |
| 3 | French | ammoniac | ammonia; ammonic, ammonical |
| 4 | Latin | ammoniacum | gum ammoniac; ammonia |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀμμωνιακόν | ammoniacum, a kind of gum resin; Ferula... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἄμμων | Amun |
| 7 | Egyptian | jmn | to hide, to conceal; to hide, to be hidden or... |
| 8 | Egyptian | mn | to be established, to be fixed or set; to stick,... |
| 9 | Proto-Vietic | kaw | — |
| 10 | Dutch | kauwen | to chew |
| 11 | Middle Dutch | couwen | to chew |
| 12 | Old Dutch | kiuwan | to chew |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | keuwan | to chew |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kewwaną | to chew |
via Spanish nicotina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | nicotina | nicotine |
| 2 | French | nicotine | nicotine (alkaloid) |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |