acetotartrate etymology

English word acetotartrate comes from English aceto-, English tartrate ((organic chemistry) any salt or ester of tartaric acid.)

Detailed word origin of acetotartrate

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
aceto- English (eng) (organic chemistry) Containing a methyl group bonded to a carbonyl group. e.g. acetophenone. (organic chemistry) Containing a methyl group bonded to a carboxyl group.
tartrate English (eng) (organic chemistry) any salt or ester of tartaric acid.
acetotartrate English (eng) (organic chemistry) Any salt of both tartaric acid and acetic acid.

Words with the same origin as acetotartrate

Descendants of aceto-
acetanilide acetoacetate acetoacetic acetoacetyl acetoamide acetoarsenite acetocarmine acetogen acetogenic acetohydroxamic acetohydroxamic acid acetokinase acetolactic acetolytic acetometer acetonitrile acetopathy acetophenazine acetophenone acetosoluble acetovanillone acetowhitening aminoacetophenone chloroacetophenone
Descendants of tartrate
caftaric acid coutaric acid detartration fertaric acid glutaric tartaric