Etymology

phosphoglycosylation

Today it means: glycosylation that involves a phospholipid Full definition →

English glycosylation ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
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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-Hellenic*dlukús
  15. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  16. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  17. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  18. Frenchglucose
  19. Englishglucosebf.
  20. Englishglycose
  21. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  22. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  23. Englishglycosyl
  24. Englishglycosylation
  25. English todayphosphoglycosylation

From phospho- + glycosylation.

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