Acetic
/əˈsiːtɪk/noun
Relating to vinegar or the acid found in vinegar.
Did you know?Acetic acid gets its name from Latin acetum, “vinegar,” and the same root also gave English acetous and the scientific name of vinegar’s main acid, making sourness a literal part of the word’s ancestry.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ed-
“to eat”
Latin
Latin
edere
“to eat”
Latin
Latin
acetum
“vinegar, sour wine”
Late Latin
Latin
aceticus
“pertaining to vinegar”
Middle English
English
acetik
“vinegary; sour”
Modern English
English
acetic
“relating to vinegar or acetic acid”
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