Etymology

phosphatidylglucose

Today it means: Any phospholipid in which the small organic molecule is glucose Full definition →

English glucose ← French glucose ← Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  9. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  10. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  11. Latinphōsphorus
  12. Frenchphosphore
  13. Frenchphosphate
  14. Englishphosphate
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  16. Englishphosphatide
  17. Englishphosphatidate
  18. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  19. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  20. Englishphosphatidyl
  21. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  22. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  23. Frenchglucose
  24. Englishglucose
  25. English todayphosphatidylglucose

From phosphatidyl + glucose.

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