The story
- Latin · derived frombēta“beet”
- English todaybetaine
Words from the same roots
Latinbēta all →
beetbetalain
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
betaine
Today it means: A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂COO⁻. Full definition →
Latin bēta