- aspartame (n.)
[aspartame 词源字典]
- commercial name of an artificial sweetener, 1973, from aspartic acid (1836), formed irregularly from asparagine (1813), a compound found in asparagus, beet-root, etc., which was named from asparagus + chemical suffix -ine (2). The reason for -ame is unknown.[aspartame etymology, aspartame origin, 英语词源]