Where does “riboflauini” come from?
riboflauini (Swahili) comes from English riboflavin, from English flavin, from Latin flāvus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
riboflauini (Swahili): riboflavin (vitamin B2)
Definitions
- riboflavin (vitamin B2)
Ancestry of “riboflauini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | riboflavin | Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a... |
| 2 | English | flavin | Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic... |
| 3 | Latin | flāvus | light(-haired), blond |
| 4 | Latin | palpus | palm of the hand; feeler |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |