Etymology

monoaminosaccharide

Today it means: Any aminosaccharide that has a single amino group Full definition →

English aminosaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Egyptianjmn
  7. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  8. LatinAmmōn
  9. Latinammoniacus
  10. Englishammonia
  11. Englishamine
  12. Englishamino-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  14. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  15. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  16. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  17. Palisakkharā
  18. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  19. Latinsaccharon
  20. Latinsaccharum
  21. Englishsaccharo-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  23. Englishsaccharide
  24. Englishaminosaccharide
  25. English todaymonoaminosaccharide

From mono- + aminosaccharide.

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