The story
- Quechuawan
- Spanishguano
- Englishguano
- English todayguanine
From guano + -ine. Guanine was named by the German chemist Julius Bodo Unger in 1846 who isolated it from guano.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
guanine
Today it means: A substance first obtained from guano; it is a nucleic base and pairs with cytosine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds). Full definition →
English guano ← Spanish guano ← Quechua wan