pyruvic acid
English
/pʌɪˌruː.vɪk ˈas.ɪd/, /paɪˌruː.vɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
noun
Definitions
- (carboxylic acid) A yellowish organic acid which occurs as an intermediate in many metabolic processes, especially glycolysis.
Etymology
Derived from acidum pyruvicum affix from Ancient Greek πῦρ (fire, lightning) + Latin uva (grape)+ Latin la (-er, will, soul, -tion, -bearing, l, -devouring, related to doing, -ity, -eating, -ness).
Origin
Latin
la
Gloss
-er, will, soul, -tion, -bearing, l, -devouring, related to doing, -ity, -eating, -ness
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
魂
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bromopyruvate English
- bromopyruvic acid English
- commissure English
- hydroxy English
- hydroxypyruvic acid English
- mercaptopyruvate English
- phenylpyruvate English
- phosphoenol English
- phosphoenolpyruvate English
- phosphoenolpyruvic acid English
- phosphopyruvate English
- pyrargyrite English
- pyroballogy English
- pyruvate English
- uvea English
- Amiternum Latin
- agricultor Latin
- apiscor Latin
- caldarium Latin
- commissura Latin
- delator Latin
- eluctor Latin
- ibidem Latin
- intactus Latin
- invicem Latin
- iurisdictio Latin
- la Latin
- litigo Latin
- nequam Latin
- nunciativus Latin
- praeditus Latin
- praenotatio Latin
- pyro- Latin
- pyropus Latin
- qui bene amat, bene castigat Latin
- ratiocinor Latin
- ructo Latin
- tandem Latin
- uva Latin
- pirico Italian
- Πυριλάμπης Ancient Greek
- βάλλειν Ancient Greek
- πυράγρα Ancient Greek
- πυρία Ancient Greek
- πυρίτης Ancient Greek
- πυρίφλεκτος Ancient Greek
- πυρκαϊά Ancient Greek
- πυρρός Ancient Greek
- πύραυνος Ancient Greek
- πύρινος Ancient Greek
- πῦρ Ancient Greek
- ἄπυρος Ancient Greek
- ἰσόπυρον Ancient Greek
- *h₁eyHweh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- uva Portuguese
- ラピスラズリ Japanese
- פירוטכניקה Hebrew (modern)
- acidum pyruvicum la-new