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ascorbic (adj.)
1933 (in
ascorbic acid
), from
a-
(2) +
scorb(ut)ic
"of scurvy" (from Medieval Latin
scorbuticus
"scurvy"); originally in reference to Vitamin C, which is an anti-scorbutic. The Latin word is perhaps of German or Dutch origin.
