Etymology

amylopectin

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Today it means: A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose) Full definition →

English pectin ← French pectine ← Ancient Greek πηκτικός (pēktikós)
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  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. Englishamylo-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ǵ-
  13. Ancient Greekπήγνῡμι (pḗgnūmi)
  14. Ancient Greekπηκτός (pēktós)
  15. Ancient Greekπηκτικός (pēktikós)
  16. Frenchacide pectique
  17. Frenchpectine
  18. Englishpectin
  19. English todayamylopectin

From amylo- + pectin.

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