The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγλυκύς“sweet”
- English todayphloroglucin
From phloretin + Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + -in.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγλυκύς all →
glycosideglucicglucinumgluco-glucousglyco-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.