Etymology

glycerolphosphate

English phosphate ← French phosphate ← Latin phōsphorus
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  1. Ancient Greekγλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
  2. Frenchglycérine
  3. Englishglycerine
  4. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  5. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  6. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  7. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  8. Medieval Latinalcoho
  9. Middle Englishalcofol
  10. Englishalcohol
  11. Englishglycerol
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  14. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  15. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  16. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  19. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  20. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  21. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  22. Latinphōsphorus
  23. Frenchphosphore
  24. Frenchphosphate
  25. Englishphosphate
  26. English todayglycerolphosphate

From glycerol + phosphate.

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