Etymology

aminoarabinose

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Today it means: An amino sugar derived from arabinose Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  2. LatinAmmōn
  3. Latinammoniacus
  4. Englishammonia
  5. Englishamine
  6. Englishamino-
  7. Englisharabin
  8. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  9. Frenchglucose
  10. Englishglucosebf.
  11. Englisharabinose
  12. English todayaminoarabinose

From amino- + arabinose.

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