Etymology

granulose

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Today it means: The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. It is coloured blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English granule ← French granule
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  4. Proto-Italic*grānom
  5. Latingrānum
  6. Latinulum
  7. Latingrānulum
  8. Frenchgranule
  9. Englishgranule
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  12. English todaygranulose

From granule + -ose.

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