köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Latin acetumder. Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Acetyl Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ierbor. Middle High German -ieren German…
köken: Borrowed from German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated salicylic acid”). The second word comes from the name of the plant genus Spiraea.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Latin acetumder. Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Acetyl Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ierbor. Middle High German -ieren German…
köken: From the registered brand name “Aspirin”, an analgesic drug manufactured by Bayer AG, a German pharmaceutical company. Shortened from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated salicylic acid”) + -in (chemical suffix).