Etymology

paramylon

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Today it means: A carbohydrate similar to starch, synthesized along with starch by the chloroplasts found in Euglena. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄμυλον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄμυλον“starch”
  2. English todayparamylon

From para- and Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon, “starch”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄμυλον all →

amylamylum

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.