The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromοὖρον“urine”
- English todayglucuronic
From glucose and Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”), because it is similar to glucose and was first found in urine.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekοὖρον all →
ureauremiauro-uronic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.