Etymology

aldohexose

A1L1D2O1H4E1X8O1S1E1

Today it means: Any hexose containing an aldehyde group. Full definition →

English hexose ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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The story

  1. Englishaldo-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  4. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  5. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  6. Latinhexa-
  7. Englishhexa-
  8. Englishhex-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  10. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  11. Frenchglucose
  12. Englishglucosebf.
  13. Englishhexose
  14. English todayaldohexose

From aldo- + hexose.

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