Etymology

cyanoacetate

C3Y4A1N1O1A1C3E1T1A1T1E1

Today it means: Any salt or ester of cyanoacetic acid Full definition →

English acetate ← Latin acētum ← Proto-Italic *akēō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱwey-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kúwanos
  3. Ancient Greekκῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos)
  4. Ancient Greekκῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos)
  5. Englishcyano-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*akēō
  9. Latinaceō
  10. Latinacēscō
  11. Latinacētum
  12. Englishacetate
  13. English todaycyanoacetate

From cyano- + acetate.

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