Etymology

acetylchitooligosaccharide

Today it means: An acetylated form of chitooligosaccharide that is an angiogenic inhibitor. Full definition →

English chitooligosaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*akēō
  4. Latinaceō
  5. Latinacēscō
  6. Latinacētum
  7. Englishaceto-
  8. Englishacet-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. Englishacetyl
  12. Ancient Greekχῐτών (khĭtṓn)
  13. Latinchitōn
  14. Frenchchitine
  15. Englishchitin
  16. Englishchito-
  17. Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
  18. Englisholigo-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  20. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  21. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  22. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  23. Palisakkharā
  24. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  25. Latinsaccharon
  26. Latinsaccharum
  27. Englishsaccharo-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  29. Englishsaccharide
  30. Englisholigosaccharide
  31. Englishchitooligosaccharide
  32. English todayacetylchitooligosaccharide

From acetyl + chitooligosaccharide.

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