The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*akēō
- Latinaceō
- Latinacēscō
- Latinacētum
- Englishaceto-
- Englishacet-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- English todayacetyl
aceto- + -yl. From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”).
Words from the same roots
Latinacētum all →
aceticeiselacetifyacetimeteraceto-acetousacetractacetum
Ancient Greekὕλη all →
hylahylhylehylo-hyloistmesohylprotylepteryla-ylylemYliaster
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.