Etymology

maltoside

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Today it means: Any glycoside of maltose, but especially any of a class of such alkyl glycosides that are used as specialized detergents Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English maltose ← French glucose
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The story

  1. Englishmalt
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  3. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  4. Frenchglucose
  5. Englishglucosebf.
  6. Englishmaltose
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. English todaymaltoside

From maltose + -ide.

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