Etymology

phosphodisaccharide

Today it means: Any phosphosugar derived from a disaccharide Full definition →

English disaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum
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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. Englishphosphorus
  13. Englishphospho-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  17. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  18. Latindi-
  19. Englishdi-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  21. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  22. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  23. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  24. Palisakkharā
  25. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  26. Latinsaccharon
  27. Latinsaccharum
  28. Englishsaccharo-
  29. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  30. Englishsaccharide
  31. Englishdisaccharide
  32. English todayphosphodisaccharide

From phospho- + disaccharide.

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