The story
- Latin · derived fromurina“urine”
- English todayurocanic
From Latin urina (“urine”) + canis (“dog”), the acid being first isolated from canine urine. By surface analysis, uro- + Latin can(is) + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Latinurina all →
urineurocanic acid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.