English
acetic
Acetic comes from Latin acētum ‘vinegar’, and goes back to acēre ‘to be sour’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacēre‘to be sour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEacētum‘vinegar’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentacétique
- Englishtodayacetic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacēre‘to be sour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEacētum‘vinegar’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentacétique
- Englishtodayacetic
Equivalent to acet- + -ic
Linked words
through Latin acētum ‘vinegar’
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin acēre / acetic