Etymograph

English

epibetulinic acid

Epibetulinic acid comes from Latin betulla ‘birch tree’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- ‘resin, gum’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷet-‘resin, gum’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷetu-yo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*betwiyosreconstructed
  4. Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CE*bitureconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbetullaas betula‘birch tree’
  6. Englishtodayepibetulinic acid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷet-‘resin, gum’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷetu-yo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*betwiyosreconstructed
  4. Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CE*bitureconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbetullaas betula‘birch tree’
  6. Englishtodayepibetulinic acid

Formed from epi- + betula ‘birch tree’ + -in + -ic

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- ‘resin, gum’

bowel, pudding, quid, bequest, bitumen, cud, bequeath, botulism, quoth, botulinum, 13 more

Today it means

noun An epimer of betulinic acid, (1R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aR,9R,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-9-hydroxy-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a-carboxylic acid

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- / epibetulinic acid

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