Etymology

butyro-

Today it means: butyric substance. Full definition →

Latin būtȳrum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombūtȳrum“butter”
  2. English todaybutyro-

Combining form of Latin būtȳrum (“butter”).

Words from the same roots

Latinbūtȳrum all →

butterbutyric

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.