Etymology

tartrazine

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Today it means: A lemon-yellow azo dye used as a food colouring. Full definition →

English azine ← French azote ← Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
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The story

  1. Englishtart(a)r
  2. Proto-Indo-European*né
  3. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  10. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  11. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  12. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  13. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  14. Frenchazote
  15. Englishaz(ote)
  16. Englishazine
  17. English todaytartrazine

From tart(a)r + azine.

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