Morpheme
Mercapt
Type
bound base
Denotation
mercaptan, organic compounds of sulphur
Etymology
from mercaptain; German Mercaptan; Danish mercaptan, from 1832 coinage by Danish organic chemist William Christopher Zeise from Latin mercurius + captāns, from captāre, from capere
Evidence
allylmercaptomethylpenicillin, mercaptal, mercaptide, mercaptobenzothiazole, mercaptole, mercaptopurine, mercaptoundecanoic, mercapturic, polymercaptan
