Word origin
[1920–25; ‹ G
Carnitin, equiv. to L
carni- (comb. form of
carō, gen.
carnis meat, flesh) +
-tin appar. arbitrarily chosen suffix (cf.
-in2,
-ine2); so called because it was first isolated in meat extract
]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: checkout, follow-up, fundamentalism, montage, ski jump