Etymology

ketoacid

K5E1T1O1A1C3I1D2
English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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  1. GermanKeton
  2. Englishketone
  3. Englishketo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  6. Proto-Italic*akēō
  7. Latinaceō
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Latinacidu
  10. Frenchacide
  11. Englishacid
  12. English todayketoacid

From keto- + acid.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.