Etymology

hexose

hex·ose
H4E1X8O1S1E1

Today it means: A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms. Full definition →

English glucosebf. ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Englishhex-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  9. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  10. Frenchglucose
  11. Englishglucosebf.
  12. English todayhexose

From hex- + -ose.

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