Etymology

amylo-

Today it means: starch Full definition →

Latin amylum ← Ancient Greek ἄμῠλον (ámŭlon) ← Proto-Hellenic *mólā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*mólā
  7. Ancient Greekμύλη (múlē)
  8. Ancient Greekἄμῠλος (ámŭlos)
  9. Ancient Greekἄμῠλον (ámŭlon)
  10. Latinamylum
  11. English todayamylo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin amylum (whence English amylum, amyl, and amyl-/amylo-).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.