Etymology

heterodisaccharide

Today it means: Any disaccharide composed of two different monosaccharides Full definition →

English disaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  9. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  10. Latindi-
  11. Englishdi-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  13. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  14. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  15. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  16. Palisakkharā
  17. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  18. Latinsaccharon
  19. Latinsaccharum
  20. Englishsaccharo-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  22. Englishsaccharide
  23. Englishdisaccharide
  24. English todayheterodisaccharide

From hetero- + disaccharide.

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