Etymology

phosphoenolpyruvate

Today it means: A carboxylic acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₅O₆P, derived from pyruvate and an intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. Full definition →

English pyruvate ← New Latin acidum pyruvicum ← Middle English alcofol
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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. Englishalkene
  15. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  16. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  17. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  18. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  19. Medieval Latinalcoho
  20. Middle Englishalcofol
  21. Englishalcohol
  22. Englishalkenolclip.
  23. Englishenol
  24. Englishphosphoenol
  25. New Latinacidum pyruvicum
  26. Englishpyruvic acid
  27. Englishpyruvate
  28. English todayphosphoenolpyruvate

From phosphoenol + pyruvate.

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