Etymology

galactosucrose

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Today it means: The 4-epimer of sucrose Full definition →

English sucrose ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekγᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă)
  2. Ancient Greekγάλακτ- (gálakt-)
  3. Englishgalacto-
  4. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  5. Old Italianzucchero
  6. Old Frenchçucre
  7. Middle Frenchsucre
  8. Frenchsucre
  9. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  10. Frenchglucose
  11. Englishglucosebf.
  12. Englishsucrose
  13. English todaygalactosucrose

From galacto- + sucrose.

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