Etymology

glycosylate

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Today it means: To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein) Full definition →

English glycosylationbf. ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  2. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  4. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  5. Frenchglucose
  6. Englishglucosebf.
  7. Englishglycose
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishglycosyl
  11. Englishglycosylationbf.
  12. English todayglycosylate

From glycosyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix), or back-formation from glycosylation.

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