Etymology

arabinoside

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Today it means: A glycoside which yields arabinose after being split by hydrolysis. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English arabinose ← French glucose
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The story

  1. Latinarabicus
  2. Englisharabic
  3. Englisharabin
  4. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  5. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  6. Frenchglucose
  7. Englishglucosebf.
  8. Englisharabinose
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. English todayarabinoside

From arabinose + -ide.

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