Etymology

glucous

glu·cous
G2L1U1C3O1U1S1

Today it means: Sweet-tasting. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γλυκύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγλυκύς“sweet”
  2. English todayglucous

From Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγλυκύς all →

glycosideglucicglucinumgluco-glyco-phloroglucin

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