English
esculic acid
Esculic acid comes from Latin aesculus ‘the tallest species of oak, the winter oak or…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaesculus‘the tallest species of oak, the winter oak or Italian oak, sacred to Jupiter’
- Englishtodayesculic acid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaesculus‘the tallest species of oak, the winter oak or Italian oak, sacred to Jupiter’
- Englishtodayesculic acid
Every English word from Latin aesculus
Today it means
noun An acid obtained from the horse chestnut
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin aesculus / esculic acid