folate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English folic acid

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -atusbor.

English -ate

English folate

From folic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Noun

folate (plural folates)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex.

Derived terms

• antifolate
• tetrafolate
• tetrahydrofolate

Translations

salt or ester of folic acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葉酸 / 叶酸 (zh) (yèsuān)

• Finnish: folaatti
• Swedish: folat (sv) n
• Turkish: folat

Anagrams

• foetal, fœtal, of late

Italian

Noun

folate f

1. plural of folata

Anagrams

• fatelo