Etymology

mannodisaccharide

Today it means: Any disaccharide that contains a mannose moiety Full definition →

English disaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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  1. Biblical Hebrewמָן (mān)
  2. Ancient Greekμᾰ́ννᾰ (mắnnă)
  3. Late Latinmanna
  4. Old Englishmanna
  5. Englishmanna
  6. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  7. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  8. Frenchglucose
  9. Englishglucosebf.
  10. Englishmannose
  11. Englishmanno-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  14. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  15. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  16. Latindi-
  17. Englishdi-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  19. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  20. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  21. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  22. Palisakkharā
  23. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  24. Latinsaccharon
  25. Latinsaccharum
  26. Englishsaccharo-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  28. Englishsaccharide
  29. Englishdisaccharide
  30. English todaymannodisaccharide

From manno- + disaccharide.

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