Etymology

amidin

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Today it means: Starch modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water. Full definition →

French amidine ← Latin amylum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromamylum
  2. French · borrowed fromamidine
  3. English todayamidin

Borrowed from French amidine, from amido (“starch”), from Latin amylum.

Words from the same roots

Latinamylum all →

amylamylaceousamyliferousamylobacteramylometricamylum

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