Etymology

bisphosphate

B3I1S1P3H4O1S1P3H4A1T1E1

Today it means: A diphosphate, especially a compound with two phosphate groups attached to a sugar residue Full definition →

English phosphate ← French phosphate ← Latin phōsphorus
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The story

  1. Englishbis-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  4. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  5. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  6. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  10. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  11. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  12. Latinphōsphorus
  13. Frenchphosphore
  14. Frenchphosphate
  15. Englishphosphate
  16. English todaybisphosphate

From bis- + phosphate.

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