Etymology

mannopyranose

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Today it means: The pyranose form of mannose. Full definition →

English pyranose ← Latin pyra ← Ancient Greek πυρά (purá)
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The story

  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*péh₂wr̥
  13. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  14. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  15. Ancient Greekπυρά (purá)
  16. Latinpyra
  17. Englishpyre
  18. Englishpyran
  19. Englishpyranose
  20. English todaymannopyranose

From manno- + pyranose.

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