vitamina
/bitaˈmina/ · B2 · noun · f
vitamin
💊🍊 vitamina = vita (life) + amina (amine): a life-amine, said like bee-ta-MEE-na
Coined as 'vitamine' in 1912 from Latin vita, life, plus amine, because the first one found was thought to be an amine. The final -e was later dropped, but the life root stays in Spanish vitamina.