The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*akēō
- Latinaceō
- Latinacēscō
- Latinacētum
- Englishaceto-
- Englishacet-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishacetyl
- Ancient Greekχῐτών (khĭtṓn)
- Latinchitōn
- Frenchchitine
- Englishchitin
- Englishchito-
- Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
- Englisholigo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Palisakkharā
- Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
- Latinsaccharon
- Latinsaccharum
- Englishsaccharo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishsaccharide
- Englisholigosaccharide
- Englishchitooligosaccharide
- English todayacetylchitooligosaccharide
From acetyl + chitooligosaccharide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.