adipocire
English
noun
Definitions
- A mineral hydrocarbon, mainly octatriacontane, found in some coal seams
- (alternative form of) adipocere
Etymology
Derived from Latin cēra (wax).
Origin
Latin
cēra
Gloss
wax
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adipocere English
- ceraceous English
- ceramide English
- cero- English
- cero Latin
- cerosus Latin
- cēra Latin
- cera Italian
- cera Spanish, Castilian
- cire Old French
- cera Catalan, Valencian
- ceară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- céir Old Irish
- cera Old Portuguese
- tsearã Aromanian
- cera Occitan
- cera Asturian
- cere Friulian
- cira Sicilian
- caira Dalmatian
- *kuɨr Proto-Brythonic