Etymology

furanose

F4U1R1A1N1O1S1E1

Today it means: Any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton). Full definition →

English glucosebf. ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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  1. Latinfurfur
  2. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  3. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  4. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  5. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  6. Latinalcohol
  7. Proto-Indo-European*de
  8. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  9. Proto-Italic*dē
  10. Latindē
  11. Latinde-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  14. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  15. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  16. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  17. GermanAldehyd
  18. Englishaldehydeclip.
  19. Englishfurfural
  20. Englishfuran
  21. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  22. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  23. Frenchglucose
  24. Englishglucosebf.
  25. English todayfuranose

From furan + -ose.

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