English

ketoacid

From keto- + acid.

Formed from keto- + acid

German Keton ‘ketone’

English ketone

English keto-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’

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Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō ‘to be sour’

Latin acidus ‘sour’

French acide ‘acid’

English acid

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / ketoacid