Morpheme
Mercapto
Type
free base
Denotation
chemical base denoting a sulfhydryl group
Etymology
from mercapto- (<Mercapt + -o->), from mercaptan; German Mercaptan; Danish mercaptan, from 1832 coinage by Danish organic chemist William Christopher Zeise from Latin mercurius + captāns, from captāre, from capere
Evidence
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