Etymology

deoxynucleotide

D2E1O1X8Y4N1U1C3L1E1O1T1I1D2E1

Today it means: Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar Full definition →

English nucleotide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin nucleu
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  8. Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
  9. Englishoxy-
  10. Englishdeoxy-
  11. Proto-Italic*knuks
  12. Latinnux
  13. Latinnucleu
  14. Englishnucleus
  15. Englishnucleo-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  17. Englishnucleotide
  18. English todaydeoxynucleotide

From deoxy- + nucleotide.

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