English
maleic acid
Maleic acid comes from Latin malum ‘apple’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalum‘apple’
- Englishtodaymaleic acid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalum‘apple’
- Englishtodaymaleic acid
Linked words
through Latin malum ‘apple’
Today it means
noun an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, cis-butenedioic acid; HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of fumaric acid; it is found in unripe fruit, and is used industrially in the production of polyester resins
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin malum / maleic acid