Etymology

mannooligosaccharide

Today it means: Any oligosaccharide composed of mannose units Full definition →

English oligosaccharide ← 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. Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
  13. Englisholigo-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  15. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  16. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  17. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  18. Palisakkharā
  19. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  20. Latinsaccharon
  21. Latinsaccharum
  22. Englishsaccharo-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  24. Englishsaccharide
  25. Englisholigosaccharide
  26. English todaymannooligosaccharide

From manno- + oligosaccharide.

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