Etymology

butyric

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter Full definition →

French butyrique ← Latin būtȳrum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombūtȳrum
  2. French · borrowed frombutyrique
  3. English todaybutyric

From -ic and French butyrique, -ique suffixed to Latin būtȳrum, or from the Latin or butyro- + -ic. Piecewise doublet of buttery, butter ultimately being from the Latin and -y being a doublet of -ic.

Words from the same roots

Latinbūtȳrum all →

butterbutyro-

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