Etymology

idose

I1D2O1S1E1

Today it means: A sugar C₆H₁₂O₆ epimeric with gulose and obtainable along with gulose by synthesis from xylose. Full definition →

English (gul)ose ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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The story

  1. Latinīd(em)
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  3. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  4. Frenchglucose
  5. Englishglucosebf.
  6. English(gul)ose
  7. English todayidose

From Latin īd(em) (“the same”) + English (gul)ose.

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