Etymology

nonpolysaccharide

Today it means: A substance that is not a polysaccharide. Full definition →

English polysaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  16. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  17. Englishpoly-
  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. Englishpolysaccharide
  30. English todaynonpolysaccharide

From non- + polysaccharide.

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