Etymology

oxoacid

O1X8O1A1C3I1D2
English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  5. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  6. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  7. Frenchoxygène
  8. Englishoxygen
  9. Englishoxo-
  10. Latinacidu
  11. Frenchacide
  12. Englishacid
  13. English todayoxoacid

From oxo- + acid.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.