The story
- Latin · derived fromacētum“vinegar”
- English todayacetous
From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ous, the former from aceō (“to be sour”).
Words from the same roots
Latinacētum all →
acetylaceticeiselacetifyacetimeteraceto-acetractacetum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.