butyric
Meaning
Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
- Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C3H7CO2-
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Origin
- From and French butyrique, -ique suffixed to Latin būtȳrum, or from the Latin or butyro- + ic. , butter ultimately being from the Latin and -y being a doublet of -ic.
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