The story
- Quechua · derived fromkina
- English todayquinic acid
From Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is obtained), from Quechua kina.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
quinic acid
Today it means: A white crystalline acid, tetrahydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans and yerba mate; used as an astringent, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals Full definition →
Quechua kina