Etymology

roccellic acid

Today it means: A dibasic acid, C₁₇H₃₂O₄, of the oxalic series, found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens. Full definition →

French roccellique ← Italian roccella
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Italian · derived fromroccella
  2. French · derived fromroccellique
  3. English todayroccellic acid

From French roccellique, from roccelle (“archil”), from Italian roccella, from rocca (“a rock”), because archil grows on rock.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.