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- Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*pékʷ-ye-
- Proto-Hellenic*pét͏̌t͏̌ō
- Ancient Greekπέσσω (péssō)bf.
- Ancient Greekπέπτω (péptō)
- Ancient Greekπεπτόν (peptón)
- GermanPepton
- Englishpeptone
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- GermanPepton
- GermanPeptid
- Englishpeptide
- Englishpeptido-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Palisakkharā
- Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
- Latinsaccharon
- Latinsaccharum
- Englishsaccharo-
- Englishsaccharide
- Englishpolysaccharide
- English todaypeptidopolysaccharide
From peptido- + polysaccharide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.