Etymology

glutarate

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

English glutaric ← Medieval Latin tartarum ← Medieval Greek τάρταρον (tártaron)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  3. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  4. Latingluten
  5. Egyptianjmn
  6. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  7. LatinAmmōn
  8. Latinammoniacus
  9. Englishammonia
  10. Englishglutamic
  11. Arabicدُرْدِيّ (durdiyy)der.?
  12. Medieval Greekτάρταρον (tártaron)
  13. Medieval Latintartarum
  14. Englishtartaric
  15. Englishglutaric
  16. English todayglutarate

From glutaric + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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