English
amphoacetate
From ampho- + acetate.
Formed from ampho- + acetate
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’
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Proto-Italic *akēō
Latin aceō ‘to be sour’
Latin acēscō ‘to become sour, to turn sour’
Latin acētum ‘vinegar’
English acetate
Today it means
noun Any amphoteric acetate, especially a salt of an acetic acid that has a basic substituent.
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Etymograph / amphoacetate