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DictionaryRoot: acetum
Latin

acetum

vinegar

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Plain vinegar cruet pours into bowl of pickled vegetables, cutaway lemon-like acidity conveyed by fresh vinegar ingredients, no writing.
adjective

acetic

uh-SET-ik/ʌsˈɛtɪk/

Relating to vinegar or the acid that gives it its sour taste.

Etymology
acetLatinvinegar
+icFrenchconnected with or characteristic of

The pieces mean “pertaining to vinegar.” The vinegar word itself originally described wine turned sour, connecting the acid’s name with vinegar’s characteristic sourness.

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